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8. Party leaders and party activists don't want to be in a position...

Reply to DianaForRussFeingold (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 08:50 PM

Jun 2016

...to have to run against grass roots activists?????

In other words: it's our party, not yours. It's our private club, and you aren't invited.

However, we will take your tax dollars to subsidize our private club, i.e., closed primaries...

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