“The GOP is crazy to allow open primaries. The party would be better served by closing primaries and becoming more insular.”
It depends on your perspective. Opening the GOP primaries to leftist Democrat voters ensures the “moderates”, globalists, and corporate capitalists will remain in control of the GOP. Closing the primaries benefits the conservative base.
Hence, the primaries will remain open.
Hence, the primaries will remain open.
You hit the nail on the head. That is exactly why. The Statists of both parties are quite happy with Open primaries. It only shows the insidiousness of their souls.