[GraniteStateConservative]

New Hampshire and other early states have “open” primaries where the people voting aren’t necessarily GOP registered voters, yet no similar punitive action was taken by the RNC.

Wrong. NH, MI, and SC all lost 50%.

[ameribbean expat]

Those states lost 50% of their delegates because they also moved their elections to dates before 05 Feb.

My beef is specifically with the fact that the RNC gets its knickers in a bunch over who votes when (who the hell cares?) while the party’s control over who its own nominee will be is diluted through the open primary process.

Why haven’t “open” primary states been penalized by the RNC with lowered delegate counts? The loss of influence and control over your own nominee is a helluva lot more important than on what day a state has a primary.

My point stands: screw the RNC until they get a handle on brand management.