The Republican primary in 2016 eventually got up to 16 or 17 people, with a similar ragtag group of nobodies (save Ted Cruz who got close).
There needs to be a cap on how many people can run in a primary, especially in the next election where both parties are running someone new [like 2024/2028]. You can save money and not embarrass yourself on national TV!
You understand the point of my post, right?
The National Committees of each party can and should "euthanize" the presidential aspirations of the stubborn nobodies, so that the remaining, smaller number of contenders can participate in a meaningful debate, for example.
My point was that the Liberals are being snowflakes about it. As soon as you talk about competition, survival of the fittest, thinning the number of contenders, or declaring some definite losers in the race, the snowflake "everyone gets a participation trophy" Liberals get all bent out of shape.
"Competition? What is this, the Hunger Games? Why not just put them all in a deathmatch cage while you're at it!"