Also, Democrat staffers (from Howard Dean's campaign) got onboard Democrats for McCain back in 2006.
We did not get to pick our candidate in 2008.
The primary system needs to be overhauled (regarding crossover voters and the weighting of the importance of certain regions of the country over others). Flyover country is the GOP base. The GOP base should be choosing the candidate(s).
And there should be more conservative moderators on at least SOME of the Democrat and Republican primaries. And anyone who is already contracted to write a book about one of the two candidate with a street date on inauguration day should NOT be seated as a moderator because of a conflict of interest.
The Beagle8U primary Proposal....
Only registered Republicans will be allowed to vote in primaries. You must be registered no less than 6 months in advance to vote. Any state with an open primary will be counted as nothing more than a straw poll, meaning not at all!
Only true primaries will count for choosing the nominee.
A state caucus shall be counted as nothing more than a straw poll, meaning, not at all!
The primary dates for voting shall be set by the results of the previous POTUS November election. The first state to have a Republican primary will be the one with the highest % of Republican POTUS votes, and so on down the line. Dates could be grouped such as “the top 5” and so on.
Liberal puke states will be the last to vote. No longer will they be given much weight in choosing their opponent for POTUS.
Problem solved!