It isn’t an exaggeration at all, as it is, they are seeking to get it down to 10, from what could be dozens.
Your reasoning about pushing away voters because we eliminate fakes and phonies with no future in politics, like Santorum and Ben Carson, doesn’t make sense.
Let me see if I can help you make sense of it.
You have heard the concept that to understand someone you need to walk a mile in his shoes? Right? Well put yourself in their place. What if your favorite candidate were excluded?
Who you call a fake, they call a good candidate. No one in injured by fairness.