What provides unity and loyalty on the right are principles... Which is why pragmatism is always wrong.
The principles YOU perceive as conservative are supported by 15-20% of the American public. If you were to break off and start your own party, you would do nothing but divide the vote on the right half of the political spectrum, while facing a united Left half. In that scenario, the Left rules supreme...gets every policy it wants, appoints all the justices at all levels, and in time makes it nearly criminal to NOT be liberal. So what you are "fighting" for brings all of us virtually unending liberal rule of the country...a statist socialism that will be impossible to overturn. And spare me empty claims of that's what we have now....cause, bubby, you ain't seen nothing yet. A liberal monopoly on power will bring on things you can only dream of in your worst political nightmars....think 1984 light.
While you believe you are fighting for principle, the result of your action is a liberal monopoly on the nation. So, if your principle is resulting in the destruction of all things conservative...well...how dumb is that on your part? Given that, anyone with at least a remnant of a brain would come up with a better tactic...its rather obvious that supporting the more conservative of the two parties is the rational course. This will not, of course, sway you...because you are so principled that you'd rather destroy this "great experiment" of nation just so you can sit comfortably on your high horse.
Brilliant plan.