RIGHT now is the time to close off ALL republican primaries to any other parties. NO OPEN PRIMARIES!
That’s how we ended up with McCain, and to a lesser extent, Romney. We need primaries with only the grassroots Republicans casting votes. They should also do away with the stupid ‘caucus’ system in the states that have them. They’re open to tampering and all sorts of mischief. There should be polling places, ballots, and ONLY registered REPUBLICAN voters for the primaries. Caucuses are just a sloppy/stupid way of doing things.
On top of that, voters would need to be a registered Republican 90 days before the primary. That would cut down on the potential for ‘outside interests’ from tampering with the primaries.
If they were serious about winning with non liberals, the should be a very high priority.
I hate the caucus system we have in WA state. Any vote by the people is considered advisory. Bah! Of course by the time we have our primary...the deal is done... and we are stuck with the moderate guy.
Republican jack rabbits here would probably think Christie was awesome since the blowhard likes to talk tough.