Actually the Libertarians have never been, or never will be, a wing of the Republican party. As the Tea Party will never be part of the the Republican or any other party. Even conservative Republicans are thinking twice about their membership. RINO's becoming a big issue here with the GOP..
This mid term election is all about rejection of current Washington policies. Hope and change; to rid the country of the dangerous attempted of taking this country back to the bad old days. Imploding, from within, for the last 6 years.