Not sure if this was covered in the last 2 pages. if so, I apologize.
When it comes to nominations, spreading the wealth by a senator or representative isn't really that bad; or unfair. Lets just use one academy as an example. We'll use air force. (Although army and navy have the same rules under title 10 USC). To make it even simpler to understand, we'll use my state (Wyoming) because it only has 1 representative.
Lets assume we have 30 qualified applicants all looking for a nomination. If there are some, say 3, that really stand out and kick butt; the senators and representative are totally free to give that individual a Principal Nomination. That even GUARANTEES the individual an appointment if they are qualified. As for the other 27 nominees; it doesn't matter if they only have 1 nomination or if they had all 3. Except for the one individual appointment charged to that slate, the rest go into the national pool. And once there, it doesn't matter if you have 1 nomination or 4. You don't get any extra points for that. So, for MOCs talking to each other, for the same academy, and giving out the MOST nominations possible and spreading the wealth, there is nothing wrong with that. They can reward their "Stand-Out" nominee with a principal guaranteed appointment. They rest; the academy will choose from. There's no advantage to having multiple nominations.
Now; where some of you make a good point, is when the MOC's are pitting each academy against each other. Let's assume again we're using Wyoming and 3 MOC's total, as an example. This time, we have 90 applicants for the big-3 academies. If the MOC's decide that the 30 they gave to the air force slate (10 each senator and 1 each representative), that they WOULDN'T ALLOW them to have a nomination to their West Point Slate or Annapolis slate; and they wanted to give 30 different to one and the final 30 to the other; then that indeed could be a problem. That's why MOC's / States who do it this way, request their applicants to RANK their choices of academies. They're hoping that their highest top-30 applicants each; equally want a different one of the big-3 academies. This way they can put 10 on each slate and maximize all 30 applicants each.
I know this can seem unfair if a person on the air force MOC slate, didn't get an appointment, and they were better qualified than someone on the Army or Navy list, who DID receive an appointment. But, because they chose and got a nomination for Air Force, they weren't allowed, per their MOC/s policies, to get a nomination to another academy. This could seem unfair, but you're never going to be able to please everyone. And I know some will say that it should simply be the "Most Qualified" on each slate. On paper, that makes sense; but this isn't paper. Just like the academy has to weight each applicant based on many factors; e.g. public school vs private vs home schooled; AP vs IB vs Neither available; etc... Well, the MOCs have to do the same thing. So who's really to say WHO's more qualified. If you're just going to look at a GPA and SAT/ACT scores; that's not enough. It's not enough for the academies. It's not enough for me as an ALO. And it's definitely not enough for a MOC. I've interviewed individual for numerous applications. I.e. Interviewed the same person for the academy AND for ROTC. Also, assisted the navy BGO in interviewing the same person to go to Anna. It was obvious, without asking, the excitement change this individual had for wanting to go to Anna. That type of "EXCITEMENT" means something to me. If I was the MOC and had limited slots and many more applicants, I'd have had no problem nominating this individual to Navy over someone else where navy wasn't their #1 choice. Even though "On Paper", that individual might have a higher GPA or ACT score.
I'm fortunate in Wyoming. Unless you are a really bad applicant, you're going to get at least 1 nomination for EACH academy if you apply. If you're in the top 50% of applicants, you'll probably get at least 2 nomination to EACH academy. If you're in the top 10%, you'll probably get all 3 nominations to all 3 academies. And our MOC's are starting to get on the "Principal" nomination band wagon too.
But unfortunately, not all districts and states are like that. You can't please every person. And unfortunately, you can't just say: "Give it to the most qualified, no matter how many they get". That is way too vague. That individual I said I'd give a nom to Navy in a heartbeat, If I had limited slots, I definitely wouldn't have given him one to West point. You could tell that his heart wasn't in it for west point. I definitely can't blame a MOC for wanting to give as many candidates a chance as possible. If a candidate doesn't know which academy they truly want to attend, and they just want all 3-4, then I have to wonder what is their deepest motivation. Maybe it is simple "TO SERVE" and which branch doesn't matter. That's possible, but very rare and very unlikely. But like I mentioned, I'd rather give nominations to a person's "1st choice" than to skip over a 1st choice and give it to someone where it was their 2nd or 3rd choice; simply because they had a higher gpa or SAT score.
However, I didn't mean to imply by that, that they should go Air Force! 
) based upon her total profile. Now that her goal is to pursue an ROTC scholarship, I hope she will be just as competitive in that arena.