@BenRossTransit It’s not punishment, any more than a general is punishment. That framing is just the bullshit they’ve used to lock themselves in.

Primaries are giving the public an opportunity to weigh in, and reducing the US’ catastrophic incumbency bias.

The legit question, in my mind, is what effect it would have on the general. If it leads to more Republican elected, that’s the problem. Not that incumbents have to stand in front of their base as well as their donors.