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I’m for closed primaries also. This year they went to proportional delegates which I think was an improvement to allow more to participate before it was over - but it still didn’t last to my state.

I’d really like to see the schedule of primaries changed.

As for what the RNC does or doesn’t support, it’s important to remember how a member of the RNC is chosen. It is not an inherited peerage; if you don’t like who is on it, you change it.

And Rove is not on the RNC. He has power because he controls a great deal of money spent in campaigns. He got that control because of his success in campaigning, he will lose it when he loses campaigns. Campaign strategists, even the most successful, survive in the coldest of meritocracies.

I’m for closed primaries also. That's good. It makes sense to me.

This year they went to proportional delegates which I think was an improvement to allow more to participate before it was over - but it still didn’t last to my state. Can't remember the last time it lasted to my state either.

I’d really like to see the schedule of primaries changed. I'm not as certain I'd change the schedule, as I would change the states that would be allowed to take part in the party's selection process. If the state had open primaries, it would by definition be exempted from taking part. Only Republican voters would be allowed to select the party nominee. If certain states didn't like this, they could work to change their state's laws back to closed primaries. Then they could be welcomed back into the nomination process.

As for what the RNC does or doesn’t support, it’s important to remember how a member of the RNC is chosen. It is not an inherited peerage; if you don’t like who is on it, you change it. While that sounds like a reasoned suggestion, I'm not convinced it's practical. I do think it's a point worth making, as it relates to who is in charge. I'm just not sure the rank and file party member has any real clout.

And Rove is not on the RNC. He has power because he controls a great deal of money spent in campaigns. He got that control because of his success in campaigning, he will lose it when he loses campaigns. Campaign strategists, even the most successful, survive in the coldest of meritocracies. I think this is a reasoned series of comments too, as far as they go. It does bother me that the head of the RNC never crosses one of these highly visible talking heads. Rove (or anyone else with highly visible clout) can go out and trash good people, and the RNC remains mute. Better people are shot down time after time, and the RNC just sits there. It's my take that at times, they even reinforce such pronouncments.

Thanks for the comments.