IMO, trying to get the Republican Party to shift back to the right is like trying to get the egg back in the chicken. Once laid, it ain’t going back in!
I believe that the RNC is a broken, rudderless party full of linguini-spined cowards. As long as the two-party system exists, conservatives will be forced to vote for moderates (like Romney), instead of having a real vote for a real conservative. Since, IMO, it is highly unlikely that the RNC will ever return to its conservative roots, if there are enough of us who are dissatisfied with the RNC, we need to start pushing for a new party that represents our interests.
Over the years, a number of different 3rd parties and 3rd party names have been profferred but, unfortunately, none seem to have found the light of day. If we mean what we say, it is time to stop caving to the whims of the broken, out-of-touch RNC and go our separate way with a new party.
Those are our only options - continue to stay with a party that has lost its way and no longer represents us, or shift to a new party that does.
“Those are our only options - continue to stay with a party that has lost its way and no longer represents us, or shift to a new party that does.”
I vote for “shift to a new party that does”!!!
It is time to smash the GOP.
My definition of a RINO is someone whose political identity is sufficiently defined by his ability to "work with" Democrats that, despite running on the Republican ticket, he would rather undermine the conservative cause than have it cripple the Democrats and render useless his ability to "work with" them.
One possible rule change in Congress which would IMHO improve the quality of representation immensely would be to only reveal how congresscritters vote on things after voting is closed. As it is, if a majority of congress wants various things, but only a minority really wants to go on record as supporting them, that minority can avoid having more people go on record as voting for it than are required to pass it. If some of the potential support for a bill was from people who want its supporters to actually go on record, and wouldn't reveal their support or lack thereof until after the close of voting, its supporters would have to guess at how many votes they'd need, and would be much more likely to cast votes that reflected their true ideology.