Do independents bollix up the two-party political works?

Ted Rall argues open primaries more problem than positives. He cites this year’s Democratic primaries to date, where Clinton and Obama lead despite polls showing Edwards the most electable Democrat, and arguably the one most attuned to liberal Democrats.

All good points. Of course, for non-centrist independents, either libertarians on the one side or Greens and social democrats on the other, open primaries may be desirable, and these independents don’t bollix up the works.

Plus, Rall blows it for once; this would be a perfect place to argue for reform of the Constitution toward a parliamentary democracy.