“Ask and ye shall receive.”
Trump asked and got.
Primaries exist so ordinary people have a say in selecting candidates.
Primaries matter, endorsements are merely nice to have.
“Primaries matter, endorsements are merely nice to have.”
not quite ... public endorsements by powerful people are an indicator of sentiment at the top levels, and help focus the thinking of megadoners as to whether to piss their millions away on losers or perhaps try to win some points with winners ... that and the amount of oxygen the leaders mange to suck out of the public discourse leaves the losers behind, gasping in the dust ... the whole thing is like an avalanche that starts off with a tiny ice shelf breaking off at the top that soon turns into a massive freight train wiping everything out in its path ... it’s called momentum ... even some voters are influenced by wanting to vote for a winner ...