Maybe not bought outright, but both parties have learned that they can control the primary outcomes by soliciting a stalking horse Libertarian candidate to split the disaffected vote, allowing the GOPe candidate to win.
That will be the nature of all future elections.
-PJ
The Wall Street/Chamber of Commerce/RINOS FOREVER cult/RNC Big Money donors globalists are able to hold their money cascade until Florida. By then the fractured conservatives are divided between 3 conservative favorites who are each financially exhausted for the contest entering Florida.
The conservative leaders are set for being overwhelmed, under funded and devoured.
Most of them know the winner is the money holder, and they run for a spot on the ticket as VP.
The dirty little secret is that most all run to make the ticket, for the VP spot. They already know that money has already selected the nominee.
IMHO. :)