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ORIGINAL: BamaD

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I think what they should do is not have primaries at all. Instead, all the candidates of a given party would be required to refrain from announcing their candidacy or doing any campaigning until one month before the election. Then, they can campaign like mad for one month, and each candidate from all parties will have their names on the ballot, so voters can choose from any of the candidates offered by either party (or third parties where applicable). So, in this case, both Republican candidates would be on the ballot for the general election along with whatever Democratic candidates there would be. Let the people decide who they want.

Your plan is a prescription for chaos.
It wouldn't give voters time to get to know much about the candidates.
It would increase the advantage of incumbents as there would be fewer challenges from his party than the other. Thus the opposition votes would thus be broken up.
You could easily have a "winner" with 30% of the vote.