[caww]

But both candidates, including Trumps campaign knew Colorado’s convention was when they determine delegates.....the people aren’t prevented from voting for President in the general ....the two are independent of the other.

Further your wrong to tell a state how or not they should conduct their system as a Republican Party..... ‘every state has the right’ to make their own rules....People who are complaining need then to get involved and change their rules....otherwise those who ARE involved with their states election get to set those rules....

....just because your state, or you yourself think they should do it differently it is still their choice...their state their Republican Party.

[Mark was here]

People get confused because the government runs primaries in some states.

This is the problem. As you say political Parties are independent organizations from the government, any one can form their own party and the party can make their own rules.

I would even go as far as to say if Democratic and Republican parties want to have their own caucuses in Congress or State Legislatures, they should pay the government rent, for any rooms they occupy, as they are really just a private group.

[catnipman]

Further your wrong to tell a state how or not they should conduct their system as a Republican Party

Why? I'm a Republican who's lived in Colorado for over 40 years.

"..... ‘every state has the right’ to make their own rules....People who are complaining need then to get involved and change their rules....otherwise those who ARE involved with their states election get to set those rules... just because your state, or you yourself think they should do it differently it is still their choice...their state their Republican Party."

Well, you're right about that. It's THEIR Republican party, not mine. It's the Republican party of the rich, the elites, the oligarchs, the plutocrats. It's NOT the Republican party of the working stiffs.