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Does the Democratic Party confuse Democrats as much as the Republican Party confuses Republicans?

I ask this, as a newly studious and active Republican, because the Democrats have no rule similar to the Republicans' Rule 11 which apparently can be used to clear the field of opposing candidates in a race. The Democrats have no need for such a rule to clear the field; you see, they have no rule forbidding supporting one candidate at the expense of another prior to a primary in the first place.

In other words, prior to the citizens getting their say the Democrats can pick a favorite at the national level and send money his/her way unrestricted. His/her opponents, soon discovering that they can't compete with the avalanche of money from the party's national headquarters to their opponent, drop out. Did you think I was going to claim they would be made an offer they couldn't refuse? Of course not, they are much more subtle than that; and so are the Repub

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