and I'd say that any such rule change, as to which I'm relatively agnostic (though sympathetic to the referenced objection to the change), should be paired with a new rule stating explicitly that nobody who isn't and hasn't for at least some period of time been openly a registered Democrat/member of the Democratic Party can ever run in any Democratic primary, or as a Democrat in any general election
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty." from John Philpot Curran, Speech upon the Right of Election, 1790