Aristides Brito, a Republican Party activist in South Carolina, has this op-ed in the Herald-Journal of Spartanburg, arguing that, at least in the South Carolina context, nomination by convention is superior to nomination by primary.

In the meantime, the Republican Party is still in federal court, over whether the party should be allowed to close its primary to non-members. The party has been trying for months to get data from elections officials that will let the party prove that leaders of the Democratic Party have been voting in Republican primaries. Although voting is secret, the information as to which party any particular voter chooses on primary day is not secret. On March 20, the Republican Party asked for a hearing on whether election officials should be sanctioned, and should also be compelled to produce the data that the party needs. The case is South Carolina Republican Party v State, U.S. District Court,6:10cv1407.