I have a nay-say.
‘bam n’crew will simply ignore the declaration.
If the sheriff follows through and scrubs ‘bam from the ballot:
1. will Republicans and squishy centroids go to the trouble to cast their ballot in an uncontested election?
2. Could the lack of a rival party provide grounds for the dims go to court, seeking to disqualify all votes from that county?
3. What would ‘bam lose from not getting his name on the ballot of a largely conservative district? How would that compare to further vilification in the press, a lower turnout, and the possibility of a court decision to disqualify all votes that the Republicans risk.
I know nothing of the legal snares the dims could exploit to monkey-wrench this, but I’m certain they’ll use all they can come up with?
Let’s face it, Republicans are not as good at tactics as the dims. Best we stay on course and let ‘bam hang himself.
Eyes on the prize. `
Senator Kyle is retiring in 2012 and will be replaced. So turnout should not be an issue.
3. What would ‘bam lose from not getting his name on the ballot of a largely conservative district? How would that compare to further vilification in the press, a lower turnout, and the possibility of a court decision to disqualify all votes that the Republicans risk.
I know nothing of the legal snares the dims could exploit to monkey-wrench this, but I’m certain they’ll use all they can come up with?
Let’s face it, Republicans are not as good at tactics as the dims. Best we stay on course and let ‘bam hang himself.
The complications of which you speak would likely occur AFTER the election. (If Obama gets re-elected, we're screwed anyways.) The benefits which we would receive would occur BEFORE the election.
I have long thought that the value of excluding Obama from a ballot on the basis of his NBC status is to bring attention to the fact that he is not NBC. An entire state would be an un-ignorable throw down. A large county might be, but I suspect Obama could just ignore it without provoking much outcry. He could not ignore an entire state (even a conservative one) because it just wouldn't make sense to most voters that he would let a state go uncontested (over his NBC status) unless he has something SERIOUS to hide.
He cannot square that particular circle.