And how's the third party solution working out for you? Hear me out first.
I've done third-party before. May do so again. I can see both sides of the debate, and have been on both sides. I've concluded that both solutions (reform the GOP, or vote third party) have their ups and downs. Neither approach seems to work very well, and I would agree with those who say the third party movements need to quit putting so many eggs in the presidential election basket, and focus more on local and state elections.
So I'll do what I think is best, and you do the same. In the meantime, maybe the third partyers can stop talking as if they have seen the light and the GOP voters are all lockstep drones with total faith in their party. I can count neither the number of times I've criticized the GOP, or the number of times I've been accused of thinking they can do no wrong. As we saw, earlier.
And one more thing, since I've got a good long rant going. Going a bit off-topic, but just as an example, I've often thought that the religious conservatives and the not-so-religious conservo-libertarians could come together on a great many things if we could drop all the hostility we fling at each other. There's a lot of needless suspicion on both sides. I think the same thing is true with the GOP v Third Party issue. A little less back-stabbing, a little more understanding and cooperation. Alas, tis but a pipe dream.