Ah, the good ol' days. Paid my first two years at Okie State by bootlegging.
Then, they voted the state wet. So, I paid for the last two years by running a poker game.
Seems to me that a state party should be free to run their business as they wish. And rom the testimony of all the participants in the Colorado convention system, it sounds like amateurs were frequently elected as delegates and treated fairly.
Indeed, the party regulars were so "in control" that they couldn't get their own nominee for U.S. Senate elected. The insurgent nominee -- Darryl Glenn -- won with 70% of the vote.
Forgive me, but I don't see a problem with the system.
Then I guess you are part of the system.