This is a power-play against the Tea Party movement - a move to 'democratize' the GOP. We can't let it happen.
Thankfully this may already be going down to defeat simply because the 'word got out' and it is being strongly opposed.
BUT - find your state number at the bottom of Malkin's article and strongly urge them to vote against this rule change!
Another disturbing issue is that there is the new rule that the Republican National Rule committee (made of Establishment types) can change the rules whenever they want to with just a 3/4 vote.
Those rules govern the primaries. Historically the rules are changes only at the convention every 4 years. Now, if the Republican National Committee doesn’t like any of the rules passed in Tampa, it doesn’t have to wait four years, because with a 3/4 vote they can change things whenever they want to do so, this could affect the 2016 primaries because the Committee could do as they desire if they see somebody as a serious threat to Romney or somebody else. If you have rules that can change ahead of time, then the deck can be stacked
(imagine that President Romney goes to the left and lets just say for example that Sarah decides to primary him, well he and the GOPE can take a look at the lay of the land right before the primaries start and change the primary rules to benefit him or make it more difficult for Sarah to challenge him)
Hats off to both of you for sounding the alarm. Transparency and accountability are the watch words here. We have to maintain our status in the party and move it in the right direction.