[PalinPlease]

After learning about Virginia’s difficult system of signature gathering, I cannot fault anyone for failing to get enough signatures.

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IMHO, being President is and should be difficult. If you're not up for the challenge of collecting 10,000 signatures then maybe you're not up for the job (or didn't really want it in the first place).

[jonrick46]

You make a strong case for the appearance of ineptness for the candidates failing to meet Virginia’s ballot requirements. Virginia’s tough standard caused Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich to fail to make the ballot. I thought South Carolina’s filing fee ($25,000 before May 3rd—$35,000 after May 3rd) was bad. Take a look at the devil in the details with Virginia’s rules:

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