In 2012 the CO primary was a non-binding beauty contest that meant nothing. That is why they did away with the misleading charade in 2015. Would you rather that they kept the charade?
Bottom line: There has to be a process. Whatever the process is, those who educate themselves to know the process... and to show up ... they control the outcome.
We need to change the behavior of the establishment. But we also need to change our own behavior. Too many of us dont educate ourselves as witness the ignorance expressed on FR. And too many of us dont show up.
The CO GOP cut-sheet says the intention in August was to field unbound delegates all the way to the convention. The RNC stepped in and said it was mandatory for the state parties to bind delegates, even if that resulted in binding to candidates who dropped out.
-- Bottom line: There has to be a process. Whatever the process is, those who educate themselves to know the process... and to show up ... they control the outcome. --
The question of control is an interesting one, and it may or may not relate to "showing up" or "being educated." It is possible to be educated and to show up at a rigged contest. Trump's claim is that he didn't show up in either Colorado or Wyoming because the process for winning there is to buy off the bosses. I am positive that some, but not all of the bosses can be "bought off," assuming that the promised governing principles don't deviate too far from what the bosses promote in order to hold on to their power.
If the system was honest, this country would not have deviated as far as it has from the constitution. I don't think spreading the vote around is a solution either - but it sure works great as a cudgel against the corrupt government we have now.
I think Trump and his people understood the process just fine.
They appear to have used it to create some real blowback on Cruz.
People read the stuff on Drudge: "CRUZ CELEBRATES ANOTHER VOTERLESS VICTORY! NO ELECTION IN WY..."