Yeah, but when a party does devise a system that picks a candidate, such as the Republican primary system, people wail that it picked a candidate.
Are you saying the republican primary system is reflective of the votes and will of the people???
The only thing wrong with the GOP primary system is the order of states which vote and the use of open primaries. I think the order of primaries should be based on the "redness" of state in previous general election, coupled with the population size. All primaries should be closed, and any state with an open primary should lose half of its delegate allotment, with the remaining closed primary states getting a boost in delegates.
With that in mind, I think Wyoming should be first for the GOP. It is solid red and has a handful of people so that even a no-name candidate can get his or her message out at little cost. If you have a series of small red states go first, then even a poorly-financed GOP contender would have a good chance to make a showing.
Blue states like NH should be at the end of the line, not the beginning.