The reason some libertarians fall into the trap of thinking the GOP is worth saving is they significantly underestimate the difficulty of getting even one Thomas Massie into Congress as a Republican. Heck, the GOP is pulling out all the stops right now to remove the one we have! What GOP leaders want is someone who sounds like Massie but who bends to their will at every critical moment. Those types of candidates can be found and elected in droves. In this context, they are also utterly useless and detrimental to liberty. They serve primarily to give the GOP establishment cover for the worst abuses.