They were. The whole concept of primaries came about because progressives tried reforming the nomination process via laws. When one progressive Republican ran as a third party instead, it became obvious that the better reform standard was to fix the party nomination process.
The fun part is that the primaries seem to be specifically designed to have the parties do that to themselves rather than to each other.
They were. The whole concept of primaries came about because progressives tried reforming the nomination process via laws. When one progressive Republican ran as a third party instead, it became obvious that the better reform standard was to fix the party nomination process.