Open Primary – Part 2

In my first call for an open primary, I made the philosophical argument for an Open Primary in the Congressional 8th District Republican Primary.

That is a good reason for an Open Primary.

But here is a more practical reason.

There is a grassroots ground swell of limited government citizens who are revolting against more government spending, more government taxation, and more government involvement in our every day lives.

As a Party, we need to embrace these citizens. And I don’t mean just trying to turn them into volunteers for our organization. I mean truly embrace them and their ideals.

How?

Engage them in campaigns and politics by providing an Open Primary for them to participate in.

And they want to participate. But they will react very badly to what they consider back-room coronations of candidates.

We can embrace them, have an open primary, then bring them along into November to work for the eventual nominee.

Or we can put them off, pick a candidate, and guarantee that we will have an independent candidate in the fall election who will siphon votes from our nominee and help re-elect Pat Murphy. And we will have wasted an opportunity to bring new activists into the Party.