instead of whining about the state of the political world and giving us a list of people you won’t vote for, since you seem to be committed to a conservative majority why don’t you write a diary about the strategy to accomplish it.

Don’t forget that you have to recruit conservatives in Maine, a viable conservative in Arizona, one to run against Graham, I suspect you don’t like McConnell, so toss one in for him. And those are just the obvious ones in the Senate. You might want to discuss a coming pick up in November in North Dakota, I suspect the Republican candidate won’t pass your muster.

Then there’s the House. And, since I happen to live in Arizona I’ll comment on our races. There are three House seats currently held by Democrats that are ripe for the taking and we’ve got solid conservative candidates in each of those races. However, because JD Hayworth seems to have opted to mount a knights-in-armor charge against the windmill known as John McCain it’s likely several million dollars will be spent flogging that windmill to no good purpose since JD will lose by at least 30 points. That money could elect three Republicans to the House. As it is, they may starve for campaign cash.

I look forward to your contribution.

are you a precinct committeeman?

If you are – kudos and thanks for your service.

If you’re not – then you are part of the problem with the GOP as was I until 2 years ago. You see, like you, I was sick and tired of the hypocritical clowns that the GOP fielded. I read voraciously, sent ‘stuff’ to my *large* email group of political contacts, sent money into candidates, wrote my congressman, yadda…yadda…yadda.

Then, 2 years ago the thought of The One becoming our president scared the (site guidelines redacted word here) out of me so I attended our local caucus, and when the question got asked “who would like to serve as a precinct committeeman from precinct 2 ward 4?” I looked at my wife and stuck my hand up in the air.

Tomorrow, I will participate in step #1 of selecting all of our party’s candidates from governor to congressional representative to local representative. I have received in the last 3 weeks mailings, puff pieces and even phone calls from all sorts of candidates begging me to support them at the caucus.

Why? Because I am now an ‘insider’. *They* have to contact *me*. *They* have to suck up to *me* because I hold their future in my conservative little hands. *I* got to help select the most conservative slate of MN GOP party leaders since…whenever.

Going a 3rd party route is folly and suicide. Name a political 3rd party since 1860 that has survived. Not real good odds, my friend. What you *will* do if you go that route is ensure a split in conservative-minded voters and, thus, Marxist-Socialist Dem rule for a really long time.

So…if you don’t have about 6 hours a *YEAR* to get involved in the local GOP, you’re part of the problem…not the solution. The GOP has caused me to pull out what little is left of my hair. But it’s the only structure available with any hope of making a difference.

Or, to paraphrase Moe, you *are* the Party.