Mark Halperin’s missing the point... Party elites are NOT ever the ‘grassroots’.
Grassroots refers to ‘the people’... not to political insiders. If those insiders use ‘rules’ to nullify the votes of American citizens we’ll take it all the way to the Supreme Court. Elites will lose.
Halperin’s not stupid... his comments were beneath him.
I don't think so. There is nothing in the Constitution about political parties (although George Washington did warn us about them), let alone the processes by which they select nominees.
I don't think any court will hear a case about political party rules, and if it did, I don't see how it could rule in favor of the "grass roots" voters in the primaries.
No, we won’t. The Republican Party, in fact, ANY political party, is a private organization, which can run by the rules it chooses.
If the GOPe wants to commit political suicide, there is nothing the law or courts can do about it.
But, trust me, if they even openly TRY. . . they will pay dearly, and for a long time to come.
Likely at the hands of the Dems. . .