Open primary idea has been rejected by the voters.
http://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Open_Primary_Initiative,_Measure_90_%282014%29
Defeated No 905,570 68.2%
http://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Top-Two_Primary_Initiative,_Proposition_121_%282012%29
Defeated No 1,340,286 67%
Paul is on another planet.
Paultards being Paultards.
Translation: he wants Democrats to help nominate a RINO.
Rand Paul has no idea how a political party actually works.
so Paul - the younger - is looking for a “Republican” POTUS candidacy secured by victories weighted, he thinks, in his favor by non-Republicans voting in “non-partisan” primaries
the branch does not fall far from the tree
I like SOME of Paul’s ideas. This is NOT one of them.
Uniparty doctrine
Is this the best Libertarians have to offer the GOP??? Wow.
Another Republican not interested in reaching out to Conservative voters who stayed home 2008/2012 because the GOP didn’t reach out to them.
Open primaries is stupid. I do believe in runoff style primaries where top 2 candidates run off if none get more than 50%. I believe those type of primaries help unite the party behind the candidate that finally wins. Open primaries on the other hand let marginal voters who don’t really give a damn about a party choose party candidates which is counterproductive.
“Abolish political parties!”
Is this clown unaware that it was democrats that won the republican primary in Mississippi?
It’s liberals that put GOPe clowns like Lindsey Graham in office.
Rand is a 1st rate clown.
If Rand cannot win the Republican nomination, he’s more than welcome to start his own party. He’ll likely peel off more Democrats (particularly the young, techie types that Obama swept) than Republicans.
The BIGGEST PROBLEM with Republican Primaries is that they are WAY TOO OPEN. If people who have NO INTEREST in voting for the winner are allowed to participate in a Primary, there is a HUGE PROBLEM, as we saw in Mississippi. Unfortunately, that mess works in favor of The Establishment, so nothing is likely to change.
Rand is the Rinos’ best friend. His father got votes mostly from libertarian sorts who probably wouldn’t have voted for a conservative anyway in a primary. Rand will get some of those votes, but he will also siphon some percentage of conservatives votes away from any real conservatives.
Rand is getting lots of good exposure from the MSM and some voters who aren’t paying close attention will consider him to be a conservative. He’ll make it harder for any real conservative to win primaries.
And to think I used to like the guy.
Has Rand paid any attention to a little state called California?
Idiot.
Open primary idea has been rejected by the voters.
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Unfortunately, Texas still has open primaries.
Texas needs to replace Straus and get legislation passed to close the primaries. Hopefully, new Gov Abbott will actively pursue that.