2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Primary Fallout : we need an actual Progressive Party [View all]whatthehey
(3,660 posts)A group of knuckle-dragging troglodytes who completely overhauled a major political party at the very least every bit as beholden to corporate and big money interests (in objective reality far more so), in less than a decade, completely purging it of any official willing to compromise or seek bipartisan solutions, and replacing them with absolute ideologues at the far fringe of the party's political spectrum. What they got then was veto power over any moderate solution despite having only a tiny minority of public support, and absolute control over the agenda in both chambers of Congress.
Instead you want to follow the Constitution Party route and form a separate group of purist irrelevancies who can hold a national convention in a Ramada Inn conference room without disturbing the Bar Mitzvah in the next room and have zero impact on any single law, appointment, department or agenda.
Great idea.