“I would love to see McCain, Palin, Romney & Ryan v Obama.”
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It seems to me that you can add those four to the long list of people who could have advanced the ineligibility cause but demurred because, like so many others, they were not convinced by the birther arguments.
On the other hand, I suspect that Butterdezillion would tell you that all four were certain of Obama’s ineligibility but chose not to make an issue of it. She knows that stuff because she can read minds.
The best attorneys know how to get people who don’t want to file suit to do so; for the good of the greater cause, for the good of the nation, to uphold important constitutional principles.
I doubt if any of the four best prospective plaintiffs were even asked to take up the cause and there was certainly no pressure applied to them from within the party. If all else fails, you get the Koch Brothers, Donald Trump and Sheldon Adelson, et cetera to purchase their cooperation and participation.
When a judge looks at an eligibility lawsuit and doesn’t see the losing candidates as plaintiffs or even the losing political party, what is a judge to think?