[FourPeas]

The nomination process is the party's way of settling on a nominee reasonably acceptable to all major factions (or, at a minimum, the least unacceptable of the candidates).

If this is indeed the goal, it's failed miserably at least the last two times, and quite possibly the last seven. As more and more GOP voters have refused to vote for the GOP nominee, this method has failed even when the Democrat candidate is the wildly unpopular Barry. Perhaps, in a nutshell, the nomination process selected by the GOP is the problem.

[octex]

Perhaps, in a nutshell, the nomination process selected by the GOP is the problem.
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The fact that so many red States still have open primaries doesn’t help, either. Lots of Dems cast votes for the weak Pub candidates they know they can beat in the general.