“Who did the party prevent from running? “
Money. They refuse to fund those they do not want to run. It is a HUGE machine to get going and the party can stomp a candidate or promote them.
By your comments, you obviously haven’t a clue how this thing works.
“Who did the party prevent from running? “
“Money. They refuse to fund those they do not want to run. It is a HUGE machine to get going and the party can stomp a candidate or promote them.”
WRONG! The party does not have money to give to candidates in primaries. Each candidate has to raise money from their supporters, NOT the party.
Reality check: The party did NOT prevent ANYONE from running, not Cain, Bachmann, Santorum, Newt, Huntsman, Romney, Pawlenty. Each made their own decision ... I mean none of them were ‘approved’ by the ‘party’ nor were they stopped from running.
People who have money or influence will make individual decisions to back some candidates or not. that’s how democracy works. It’s not ‘the party’.