[Apple Pan Dowdy]

In the primaries the Tea Party (true conservatives) backing and votes where split between numerous candidates (Palin,
Bachmann,Cain,Santorum, etc) while the establishment had already met behind-closed-doors and picked Romney. So what chance did we have? Our vote was so watered down that the establishment’s choice was a given.

What if the Tea Party meets behind-closed doors before the primaries and decides on a candidate that we will all back? There is a good chance that TOGETHER our votes will outweigh the establishment’s choice.

[muawiyah]

Then there is no point in running primaries ~ what you've done is shut out the rank and file Republican voters.

Tell you what, it's much better to purge the GOP-e. They're the ones with the bad candidates who can't win even when the election is handed to them.

[Yosemitest]

I think you might see that very action about backing one candidate, and the TEA party telling the Establishment Republicans"

"Oh, why don 't you run, too?
You'd make a great candidate !" (to weed out the RINOs).

[Resolute Conservative]

Until we get the primaries out of the hands of the east coast RINOS we will make little head way!! This needs to be addressed!! There needs to be initiatives to close all primaries and move them all to one day or at least get a few southern red states up in the front of the line. I am tired of having no choice by the time I get to vote.

In the past two primaries especially all my horses were already in the stable by my turn. No way people in Texas would have carried Mittens.