Originally Posted by MS Fowler

Bot,
I have to disagree with you on this one.
The Primaries are party events designed so the party can pick its candidates. ( Maybe they should be finanaced by the parties!).
I do not understand "open" primaries where anyone can vote in either primary. Why should a democrat have a say in whom the repubs nominate, or vice versa? I know conservative dems who vote for what they see as the weaker candidate to give the repub a better shot. I think this is silly at the least, and detrimental to the country at its worst. Followed to its logical conclusion, open primaries with people voting for the weakest opposition candidate gives us the weakest and poorest choice of the possible candidates.
Oh wait, thats what we have, hmmmm.