I’m with you on open primaries: I hate them, I think that they violate the First Amendment rights of persons who form political parties, and I wish that NH and every other state that has them switched to closed primaries. But you are delusional if you believe that Bob Smith would have defeated Scott Brown had NH held a closed primary. If anything, Smith may have benefited from liberal Democrats who were “registered independents” (thus qualifying to vote in the GOP primary) who voted for Smith because they knew that he’d lose the general by 20%.
Full on dis agree... read up about or find a way to join FORE, Friends of Oyster River Educators.. full on Communists... they put out a guide to vote in the most liberal minded politicians.. they recommended members to vote for Scott Brown in the election..if they were to vote in the Republican primary... Not once did a voter guide for the Democrat primary come out. FORE is well organized and trusts only hard core types, they booted me out and several others as well once they found us not to be on board with their politics. They are very technically savy too, text alerts, twitter feeds, and full on facebook etc..very much in touch with members
No sense wasting a vote for Shaheen, they routinely have a core of 900-1500 votes in the Lee, Madbury and Durham townships.. They threw in the towel for Brown. I personally watched FORE leadership take a Republican ballot and then switch back to Independent on the way out the door... No way did they vote for Smith! Brown is who they voted for.. I asked one of them and they gleefully told me so! just to rub it in...