This is why I don’t trust Cato and I don’t trust libertarians. Republicans created the Tea Party movement. Disaffected Republicans. Republicans who are now in the process of seeing we get Rubio and not Chist, who are determined there will be no more Bob Dole or John Mccain nominees for President.
If there are not enough votes, not enough interest for Republicans to elect constitutionalists in the primaries, the third party the OP speaks of is DOA.
I'm with you.
In fact, I don't trust anyone who cowardly flees from the label "social conservative."
T party members do not have to date the GOP. If they get their names on the primary ballot for committeeman (aka committee captain), they can take over the GOP.
Only ELECTED captains can vote for party leadership. The captains influence the party platform. They get to endorse candidates. The people they endorse often carry their precincts. It only takes 10 signatures to get on the ballot.
There are many open seats where you could run unopposed. Your duties would only take about 3 hours per month.(Plenty of time for your additional activities).
T party Democrats can do the same in their party if they don’t want to join GOP. Independents can pick a party, or convince a conservative friend to run. If your precinct already has a great precinct captain, get to know them, help them, and influence them.
If we do this every year with out let up we will be successful in returning our country to what it should be, and shrinking the bloated federal bureaucracy.
I wouldn’t go that far. Libertarians and conservatives are involved in this movement. Disaffected Republicans, Independents and even some Democrat’s. None agree on every position but common ground has been found and as long as the movement sticks to pursing the issues we DO agree on it will grow and become even more powerful. I don’t distrust libertarians involved. I only distrust those on either side that would try to hijack this movement into something it wasn’t intended to be.
Now as to where it would go? the more intriguing idea I heard was that we shouldn’t limit it. Some have suggested third party. Some co-opt the Republican party. I’ve not been hostile to the third party but favored co-opted the GOP. However, the latest idea kicked around in a few circles is to take over both parties. Sponser primary challenges for Democrats and Republicans. I’m leaning towards this idea.
My instincts have signalled that Cato is working for the democrats.
Every time they speak I get that same feeling that their agenda is not conservatism but liberalism.