[RonF]

Yes, it was a very stupid mistake to expect the citizens of Illinois to change their law just to conform to the publicity needs of the GOP. Either that, or somebody blithely scheduled their convention much later than usual without checking the election laws in the several states. Either way, I oppose changing the laws. Conservatives generally favor people paying for their mistakes; I think that should apply here.

This speaker is also correct about how heavily the Illinois law favors established parties in elections, but that's a separate issue.

[dangus]

>> Yes, it was a very stupid mistake to expect the citizens of Illinois to change their law just to conform to the publicity needs of the GOP. <<

No, the scheduling mistake was a stupid mistake. Publicity needs. Yeah, ya know what? Let's cancel the convention and hold it someplace else. I'm sure the American people will understand why the Republican party is holding their convention in a dairy fields in rural Pennsylvania. And forget about the $60 million lost. It's not like the party doesn't have better uses for it than throwing it away. It's called "campaigning." And it does matter, big time.

Oh, no... but you're too pure to worry about that. Let's just make sure John Kerry gets elected to punish those incompetent admin assistants over at the RNC. That would be much better than fixing a technical error.