One of the problems of getting enough people together to make a change, is so many people have their own hobby horse they ride. The present power structure is all for single issue groups. Divide and conquer. You ride the 2nd amendment, I'll ride the abortion issues, you take on illegal immigrants, and somebody has to take on government wasteful spending. So many issues need addressed that no one group has any audience. Each group gets classified as a bunch of radicals even by the other groups (And the government writes a list confirming it!) We need a coalition to have strength. Concentrate on what we agree on and not our differences.
A number of years ago, in Oregon, a conservative Republican, challenged the long time incumbent Republican US Senator in the primary. I was part of that challenge. In our county we basically took over the Republican party through the election of precinct committee persons. They are the lowest level of elected party officials and have nothing to do with government in any way, just the party. (You can get elected with one vote.) Fear was struck into the hearts of the state party officials such that a paid representative of the party (hit man?) was sent to our county to "tell us how it was and wasn't done." Thinly veiled threats were spoken to get us to toe the mark of the state party leadership.
My daddy told me years ago that the precinct committee people were the key to machine politics in Kansas City, Chicago, and other big cities. Dollars to donuts BO used that system, adapated it and exported it. ACORN was his local front.
The wife and I are going to try once more to influence Oregon politics as commitee people. It's all one-on-one politics. Time spent, not money, is the coin of the realm. It's the only way I know of to inject common sense into the political system. I'd opt for a third party if I had my druthers but then I'd be a radical and on somebodies watch list. (Oh, too late to worry about that.)
If not now, when?. If not me, who? If you do the same thing today that you did yesterday, tomorrow will be just like today. Nothing will change!
Stevem