Not in OH yet, nor should he. He does have a big organization in IA and NH and SC. A “ground game” in IL is way premature.
CONTENDERS’ UP AND RUNNING: In some states, getting on the ballot is a breeze. “Not in Illinois -- probably because somebody is making money off the petition printing contract,” Brady said. “It is a brutal process here. Anybody who’s a real contender has to have an operation up and running now.”
QUOTABLE: “He asked all the usual suspects. They all turned him down.” -- Pat Brady on Trump’s attempt to drop roots in Illinois.
Note the bias there??? Typical Politico in coordination with the GOPe. They ADMIT Illinois is rigged.
Now that is rich! Illinois is establishment writ large and maybe the most politically crooked state in the whole USA. Carson, Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, are all running against this sort of MSM driven political "rule"...lot of good it did Mitt.
Another refreshing election 1st.
Why is Illinois even being discussed? The Chicago machine runs the whole state. A Republican vote in ILL-ANNOY is a spit in the wind. I will spit, happily, but it always seems to splash back in the form of either Democrat victories, or RINOs that are part of The Combine and side with the Democrats. Ground game in Illinois...pffft!
Anyone else notice a conspicuous lack of mention of Ted Cruz in all these articles? It’s almost like a concerted media blackout.
All the usual political whores will crawl over broken glass to sign on with Trump if he wins IA, NH and SC. Political operatives make their living by finding the parade and put themselves at the front of it. The still think this Trump fade will fizzle out like the Perry-Cain-Gingrich parades did in 2011.
Huckabee managed to get on theballot in Illinois, Trump and Cruz can too.