Quite right McG, the GOP had more or less anointed Jeb Bush it's candidate and the RNC was working desperately to undercut Trump not so long ago. They just didn't get hacked as far as we know. Political parties are not government entities and basically make their own rules and have always attempted to install candidates whom they think have the best chance of winning and/or implementing the party platform. That said, as a Democrat I didn't care for the way the DNC conducted themselves regarding the Sanders campaign but it's time to move on. As Joe pointed out, several times, HRC won the popular vote by a substantial margin and the threat of a profoundly unqualified racist vulgarian becoming "Leader of the Free World" is just too much to stomach.