[pnh102]

If the GOP wants to entrust its voters with choosing its presidential nominees then NOW is the time to reform the primary process:

1. Close all primaries in every state. In states which infringe on the peoples' freedom of association by requiring open primaries, then hold closed caucuses instead.
2. Stop having the first contests in flamingly blue states. Having the first GOP primary in Wyoming would be a good start.
3. The nominee should be decided quickly, but allow for no-name conservatives to get known at the outset of the process. This can be done by having the primary order go as follows:
   1. Low population red states (Wyoming, Alaska, North and South Dakota, etc.).
   2. High population red states (Texas, Georgia, etc.)
   3. High population blue states (these still can have large numbers of conservatives: California, Florida, etc.)
   4. Low population blue states (New Hampshire, Iowa, etc.)
4. Enforce the rules... any state that goes out of turn should have its delegates stripped and re-distributed to the states that do follow them. To make the contest end quickly, have these delegates redistributed to the lower population states.

This system will ensure that liberals have the smallest possible impact on the GOP nominating process.

[Abby4116]

Due to all of the technology used today, there is no reason why all presidential primaries cannot be held on the same day.

[Abby4116]

Due to all of the technology used today, there is no reason why all presidential primaries cannot be held on the same day.

[moodyskeptic]

thanks for the thoughtful primary reform plan.

[arasina]

If the GOP wants to entrust its voters with choosing its presidential nominees then NOW is the time to reform the primary process

Indeed! Those are good suggestions you have listed.

The primary process is like a vendor filling the front rows of a snack machine with bitter lemons and jalapeno peppers and people having to buy all of them to get to something sweet.

The problems couldn't have been more apparent than they were in 2008. They gave us the loser John McCain. Of course, we did get to know his principled, outspoken Conservative VP candidate, which had to have been simple serendipity. I think McCain had to be talked into that anyway.