It’s safe to say at this point the health care legislation is well on its way to becoming a reality.  Not really a happy thought, especially considering how the Democrats are talking about how this is just the first of many health care bills.  Coming back to it year after year to stack more corruption, pain, and failure atop the first.

Throw on top of that the discussion of whether or not McConnell was incompetent, or allowing this bill to pass for electoral gains, or just garden-variety Republican milquetoast, and the third parties are back in discussion.  I sympathize with those who want to go third party.  I do.  Because when McCain was running, I did too.  I did in fact vote for Barr, and guess what?

I almost had it right.

I don’t regret not voting for McCain.  The Democrat agenda would still have been driven from Congress, and he would have walked across the aisle and sat down as he did for the eight years prior.  That means most of what’s in Disastercare would have passed, and much sooner, with his blessings.  It’s not as though Republicans caving on this issue is unprecedented (thank you, Mitt Romney).

What was the part I almost had right?  I was correct in that we need a new party.  The thing I missed was that our new little hermit crab of a party, or one of the current existing “third” conservative parties already have a shell they can wear:  the Republican party.

As far as the leadership goes, Republicans are worthless.  However, they have the name recognition, party structure, and all kinds of things that can be used for the benefit of conservatism.  We’ve already shown we can short circuit the Republicans from the outside (in NY-23).  All that remains now is to undo them from within and take control.

So if you’re thinking of a third party, don’t.  I’m not saying this as a loyal Republican, because I’ll never be one again.  I’m saying this as someone who’s trying to help you cut time and effort off of helping conservatism reassert itself, and this time for good.  The Republicans as they used to be are down and almost out.  We can finish the job and rebuild them to be like us.

Heck, if you’re a conservative third party member/leader/activist reading this right now, you should check out The Precinct Project.  While the sales pitch at this blog is abrasive and off-putting, the idea is sound.  Your third party could very well hold a piece of the Republican party, which means you get to advance your candidates and conservative ideals through their mechanisms.

It’s not like the Republicans were doing much good with their own machinery.  Why not you?