Posted on 08/10/2016 11:01:23 AM PDT by GIdget2004
It seems a near-impossible hill for Evan McMullin, independent candidate for president, to climb. With the filing deadlines in half of the states already past and several more approaching in the coming days, the unknown 40-year-old former CIA agent doesn't have a straightforward way even to appear on the ballot. Despite the odds, McMullin sounds optimistic.
"We expect to be on a broad number of states' [ballots], and in some especially critical states across the country. And we expect to be competitive. And we do see, even at this late hour, a difficult but very possible route to winning, and that is the goal, and that is what we're going to fight for until the end," McMullin told THE WEEKLY STANDARD Tuesday.
McMullin, a native of Utah, says he will hold a "large event" on Wednesday to "kick off" his presidential campaign in Salt Lake City, where his campaign will be headquartered. His first test of his bid's viability will come August 15, the Utah deadline for acquiring ballot access. McMullin will only need 1,000 signatures to earn it.
But what about getting on the ballot in the other 49 states? McMullin says his team has "studied this extremely closely for months." That team, which includes veteran Republican strategists Rick Wilson and Joel Searby, is almost entirely transplanted from Better For America, a super PAC created to find a conservative independent candidate to challenge Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
"It's a multi-pronged strategy that involves getting on ballots through signatures where we can do that. We're also talking to other parties who are interested in what we're doing. We are preparing some legal challenges," McMullin said.
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That’s about the only option he has, so he’s using it.
The Cheap Labor Express will stop at nothing to block the citizens from stopping the illegal alien inundation.
He doesn’t really care if he gets on the ballots
His only purpose is for #Nevertrump media soundbites and MSM propaganda cover to show “splits” in the Republican party.
He’s a tool - and he knows it.
an attempt to split the conservative vote? wonder who’s paying the bill? soros? clinton foundation?
This guy sounds like a fool. Hard to see how he hurts Trump much.
Hell, he can do that just with Romney's extended family.
Somebody loaned him a dem play book?
Here's hoping that the only ones hurt by this poison are the GOPe; I hope it kills them.
“And we expect to be competitive.”
It’s impossible to be competitive in a national race if you can’t get on half the states’ ballots. He’s just trying to split votes to help Hillary.
You can’t even get a court date to appeal your parking ticket in less than 45 days.
A CIA man, a GS man, a Bushie Romneybot, a Mormon nutball with a shaved head and nothing in his background indicating he would be a president. Perfect!
He can’t go by the laws in each state to get on the ballot like everyone else does?
His motto: It’s never too late to do the right thing.
What a great candidate, so glad he has decided that America needs him, and he knows what America needs & has all the answers.
Nothing like a lawsuit to subvert the will of the people!
But won’t it be extremely hard to find federal judges willing to simply overrule state laws merely to further DNC goals? Oh yeah, answered that oneyself.
A CIA man, a GS man, a Bushie Romneybot, a Mormon nutball with a shaved head and nothing in his background indicating he would be a president. Perfect!
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What could possibly go wrong?
He doesn’t really care if he gets on the ballots
His only purpose is for #Nevertrump media soundbites and MSM propaganda cover to show “splits” in the Republican party.
He’s a tool - and he knows it.
A lot of filing deadlines have passed. Suing to have those deadlines overturned is his only chance to get on those ballots. So he’s taking the option he has.
So.... he's been seriously planning on running 'for months?' Seems... what's the word?... stupid to think anyone would believe that.
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