Lets do the thought experiment. All the establishment has to do to ensure no candidate ever can get over 50 percent is load up the candidate count running - like here - with 17-20 candidates since its simple math. Thus eliminating the voters from having any say in anything that happens. Is that what is being argued?
Mech, this is not and was never intended to be a democracy. The GOP picks the GOP candidate. So, yes, if they want to "eliminate voters" they are well within their rights to do so. We can either support them or not.
Now, as for the GOPe or whatever you want to call them, they clearly have interests that run counter to yours and my interests. Not arguing that.
And, as for "the voters from having any say in anything that happens" they tend to act in their own perceived self interests also and of late they haven't exactly been the best decision makers as to what is best for the most of us. Or, maybe they have: they and their "betters" within the Beltway have conspired to spend massively here and now and put most of the burden on generations not yet able to vote or even yet born. Damn, that's the very definition of watching out for our personal self interest, isn't it? Put the burdens off on someone else!
Which gets us to the heart of the matter: all of the above is true and lamentable. The only way to counter the above is to have someone in this leadership position who understands the whats, hows and whys of a Republic, understands and honors the Constitution and is willing to buck all of these self-interests, perceived or actual, to work towards re-institution the rule of law in this nation. And, that's what has so many of us so perturbed. No, we're not perturbed - we're furious. For the first time in many, many years we had a candidate who fit the bill. And....yet, here we are - again.
