[TomGuy]

why even bother with primaries

Last year, many FR posters kept asking me who I was for, since I was throwing mud at all of the wannabes.

I responded that it probably wouldn't matter. My state primary was held late, late in the season. I posted that the race would be decided long beforehand. It was. By the time of the state primary, Romney already had the nomination locked up. Similar in 2008 with McCain. My state primary for the presidential nomination was a waste of time and money, because the results were insignificant.

[factoryrat]

Your observation just adds more evidence to the fact that the RNC has chosen who they’ll back long before any primary happens. Control when a primary for each state happens, favoring the states that are in the bag, add some social engineering to manipulate the media to deliver the message you want them to deliver, and viola! Just because they have an R next to their name doesn’t mean they’re honorable upstanding people.