Perry didn't have a whole lot more, which is dissappointing because I wrote him several times offering to also collect signatures and sign -- if he misses by 3 signatures in the 11th district, he's only got himself to blame.
Paul was obviously going to get signatures, because he has minions everywhere. Don't know why he didn't make 15,000.
Romney is already "qualified", because with 15,000 signatures the RPV won't waste time counting.
My job of picking a candidate just got a LOT easier. Two of the three I was considering didn't bother to qualify for the ballot in my state. I wrote them also and they never got back to me.
So Tuesday, I'll know who is on my ballot, and I'll pick "my candidate".
Meanwhile, I call on Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachmann, (sadly), to drop out and allow their supporters to move to a good conservative candidate who actually is interested in RUNNING for President, instead of just campaigning.
Sorry, you two -- you showed no interest in my vote, why should I give it to you?
Too bad she wasn't serious enough to get on the ballot.
> “I wrote Gingrich offering help and to sign petitions, and they never got back to me.” <
> “My job of picking a candidate just got a LOT easier. Two of the three I was considering didn’t bother to qualify for the ballot in my state. I wrote them also and they never got back to me.” <
Do you ever get the idea the whole thing may be a fix? The whole disinterest on the part of the candidates to your offer, the obvious disinterest of the RNC and the Senate leadership just make me wonder “is this all there is”? Experience is Newt’s long suit, so why wouldn’t he employ the finest response team around to recieve voters calls and letters to volunteer?
I believe Bachman and Santorum are simply financially finished and quite void of any staff at all. By now, they may both be highly in debt. They do need to throw in the towel before they are caricatured as hopeless spoilers to conservatives chances for a non-Romney.
Then it states that candidates presenting 15,000 with 600 from each district will be “deemed”(like the dems were going to deem the health care bill passed?)to have met the requirements.
Only Romney presented 15,000 or more. Does this mean that he qualifies without scrutiny? Will the Pubbies toss out so many signatures that none of the others will qualify?
Tell me what you think or know about it.
Newt doesn't have enough money right now to operate as well as he could, and probably not enough for sufficient monitoring and legal challenge should he need it either.
Perry and Paul on the other hand probably have the funds to do whatever they need to.