Californians Vote to Change Primary System

Wall Street Journal Blogs ^ | June 9, 2010 | Devlin Barrett

[La Enchiladita]

The Dems and far lefties are exulting over this, so guess who benefits in this ever-bluer state?

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Ugh. No thanks. Time for the GOP to opt out entirely and go to a caucus system.

[lovecraft]

This is a problem in SC we are trying to remedy. We get crossover Dems that vote in Republican primaries. That's how McCain won the primary last election.

You do NOT want open primaries.

[DonaldC]

Open primaries are of the devil.

[GeronL]

This means the end of minor parties and this means the end of any chance to elect any conservative as well. There will be races with 2 Democrats in November and no Republican.

Wonderful.

Calipornia is a lost cause.

[TruthConquers]

Most Freepers know that open primaries are an extra burden for conservatives.

It is the brain dead indoctrinated looters who vote for this stuff. Blech!

[pnh102]

Open primaries suck. I hope the California GOP remedies this by going to some sort of closed nomination process.

But it would be fun to be able to vote in the Democrat primary. :)

[MrB]

They were already talking about this before the vote.
They’ll go to a caucus system.

Closed primaries are a must. It has to be right up there on the tea party agenda with rooting out RINOs. It’s just another facet of the same issue.

[Red Badger]

Will the last sane person leaving Kalifornia please remember to close and lock the Golden Gate, so none of the inmates can escape.......

[trumandogz]

“That’s how McCain won the primary last election.”

As I recall from 2008, the GOP Primaries were over by early February and Hillary and Obama continued to slug it out until the end of Primary Season.

It is hard to imagine the Democrats would have crossed party lines to vote in a GOP Primary when their primaries were actually contested.

[TBP]

This should help third parties, if they focus their resources.

[rfp1234]

Californians Vote to Change Kill Primary System

[AuH2ORepublican]

If this law stands, it won’t matter if the GOP goes to a caucus system, the top two vote-getters in the “jungle primary” will be the only two candidates in the general-election ballot.

[La Enchiladita]

You do NOT want open primaries.

Amen. I voted against it, but most people do not understand what it is REALLY about.

[HKMk23]

Time for the GOP to opt out entirely and go to a caucus system.

Yup. Otherwise it's "Hasta la vista, Bebe," and you canjust get used to all Democrat, all the time.

All 57 million inhabitants of the State of CA have just been made f@#^ bitches for the Democrat party stooges in Sacramento.

[La Enchiladita]

Yes, this is the death knell, the final nail, etc.......

[Star Traveler]

It doesn’t make very good sense to have the “other side” to vote and pick the candidates who are going to run against them ... LOL ...

[rawhide]

Is this new primary system really open, whereas a voter could vote for a republican for governor, then vote straight democrat on the rest of the ticket?

Or would the voter be required to vote a straight party ticket, asking for either a republican or democrat party ticket??

[BubbaBasher]

It is hard to imagine the Democrats would have crossed party lines to vote in a GOP Primary when their primaries were actually contested.

In most cases the dem primary and the pubby primary are on different days. This allows one side to pick the weakest candidate from the other side. Just look at New Hampshire and McCain.

[lone star annie]

We have open primaries in TEXAS and they are bad news. More and more dems are crossing over and voting in our primaries to elect the candidates they want the GOP to run.