[Eccl 10:2]

In all fairness, if i was one of 2 or 3 leading contenders, I would want the same thing. I think them standing at the podium within earshot was a deliberate calculation on their part.

I would love a Hillary-Silky Pony ticket.

Versus, say, Thompson-Romney.

[starbase]

In all fairness, if i was one of 2 or 3 leading contenders, I would want the same thing.

But "in all fairness" it's a free election, so no one gets to "reduce" the number of other candidates, even if they would really like to do that.