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Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are outraged.

The presidential nominating process is not an exercise in

direct democracy, and many voters agree, but it's not. Never has been. Most of the time, that doesn't

matter because there's a clear frontrunner before the nominating convention. But when there's a real

contest, each campaign has to master complex rules that are different in all 50 states. Is there

any chance that widespread anger and frustration might lead to change before this

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Hello again, I'm in Alney, back with To the Point. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are outraged with their supporters about Republican and Democratic Party rules for the presidential nominating process, but the process was never intended to be an exercise in direct democracy. We'll hear more about that. Today's talking point, the HBO film confirmation dramatizes the Senate hearing that put Claremonts Thomas on the U.S. Supreme Court despite charges of sexual harassment. We'll talk with NPR's Nina Totenberg about how she broke a story

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