Oakvale you entered this primary having already poisoned the mind of every Federalist voter, "as of 2015" with your own actions, and decisions. Including but not limited to an aggressive attempt to destroy the Federalist Party to carry out a personal vendetta. Most of the people who have joined since have worked closely with the President in some capacity or another to improve the party. That is why Fhtagn polled over 80% in at least two surveys.
You came out of nowhere trying to tap into some massive outrage at the leadership, within the Federalist Party, that doesn't exist. You came in with exactly the wrong message as well, attacking the very same people you have been attacking for the last 4 years, and yet expected people to think you had changed and was focused on the future. Your campaign had mixed messages. And some of the things your people said were frankly weird to put it mildly. Reasonable people against such a situation can make the wrong interpretations or just different interpretations of what you say in a PM and that is probably what happened here. I think Dfw had every right to voice concern and go public in a fashion to put the brakes on such, "if such was a occurring", without pointing any fingers one way or the other so that it could be further investigated without impacting the primary.
In 2013, with a far better, more humble message, none of that negative history working against you and the behind the scenes backing of the then Party Chair Hagrid, you got just 40% in a similar primary (though I dare say Fhtagn is far more active in office then Matt ever was). It isn't fair to either dfw or YT to suffer one of your trademark "alt-reality" smear jobs that you are so famous for, as opposed to for the first time in four years saying, "Hey I made some mistakes lets work together". I hope we can still do that, I hope we can focus on the future instead of engaging in another four years of politics by vendetta.
I would also note that the radicalist message isn't the kind that will play with right-wing parties. Getting beyond the attacks on the people, the concept of abolishing the GM or the House is messaging that is not going to play with a party that is dedicated to the preservation of institutions and would rather see the work put in to make them work.
When speaking of conservatism, there is an error that people often commit and that candidate Oakvale also committed, which is to think of it in terms of typical policy positions, forming an ad hoc collection of disjointed planks. Conservatism is fundamentally about a philosophy of defending the institutions that comprise the government and tweaking them as needed to keep them relevant and functioning in such a way to ensure the continued freedom, peace, and stability that makes our nation great.
Contrasting President fhtagn's ticket with her challenger's, she and I are working to ensure that Congress and the GM work as intended and finding success in doing so. Our opponents, on the other hand, are willing to throw their hands up and declare that these cannot be made to work. Having different opinions is fine and indeed important to the electoral process. However, our opinions on this fundamental issue are more in line with conservative philosophy and as such it should come as no surprise that these ideas are the ones that are finding favor with the conservative party.
