[OldDeckHand]

"Talk to nader about how easy it is to get on the ballot, if one or both party machines don't want you on it. "

When was the last time Ralph Nadar tried to get on a major party primary ballot, the 1960s? We're talking about PRIMARY ballot access. The parties DO NOT CONTROL PRIMARY BALLOT ACCESS.

Please, do you think the Democrat Party WANTED ALVIN GREENE on the primary ballot? Of course they didn't. But, he had the requisite number of signatures, and he had his $10K. The party had NOTHING to do with it.

And I'm the "naive" one. Please.

[unseen1]

You use alvin greene? Please. all that media coverage to destroy his campaign was so above board....

and you must have missed all the effort to get rubio to not run and off the ballot to pave the way for Crist. Where you even awake during the 2010 primaries?

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Please, do you think the Democrat Party WANTED ALVIN GREENE on the primary ballot? Of course they didn't. But, he had the requisite number of signatures, and he had his $10K. The party had NOTHING to do with it.

Well, the Republican Party might have....