Perry and Gingrich filed signature petitions but upon review, their petitions failed to meet VA Republican Party's approval.
Apparently, Santorum, Huntsman and Bachmann never tried to get the required 10,000 signatures (with 400 needed from each of Va's 11 congressional districts).
Romney, Paul and Obama all are "legit" to run. Since no one is challenging Obama on the Dem ticket, there will be no Democratic Party Primary in VA.
In many states all you need to do is file and write a check.
Screw them....
I think if Newt wins SC, it’s over any way.
The man makes sense to me. He has a clear consise plan on everything. He’s not afraid to campaign in every community in the country, before the NAACP etc etc, something none of the other candidates boast will do.
He is not afraid of his own party. Hes not afraid of the Ann Coulters, Mark Steyn and other misguided amongst us who are stuck on stupid in the past.
Newt’s moment is now...Any way who listens to him for five minutes knows this...
As I read this it appears it is up to the Republican party whether or not to accept signatures.
How do we know this was done in a proper manner?
Or did the RINO pick who they wanted on the ballot.
Something appears fishy. Yesterday Newt had the signatures,today the party doesn’t accept the signatures.
I smell RINO’s.
What a stupid way to run a primary.
“...their petitions failed to meet VA Republican Party’s approval.”
That is a mis-atatement. The word ‘approval’ should be replaced with the word ‘requirements.’ Too many signers of Perry’s and Newt’s petitions failed either to be registered voters in VA, or to include their residences with their signatures. They didn’t meet RPV’s requirements.
All the signatures were cross-referenced against the VA voting rolls. Very cut and dry, having nothing to do with the party, its leadership’s ‘approval’ or preference.
It’s reading on these threads that the RPV should have turned a blind eye to its own requirements, as Larry Sabato said disparagingly they would do. I’m sorry these two candidates didn’t make the ballot, but am glad the RPV followed its own re-established rules. Much of the complaining sounds like those who following the ‘00 election suddenly didn’t like the electoral college and wanted the election settled by the popular vote. The campaigns knew the rules and requirements going in.
Virgina is Open Primary and solid Blue State.
No one is running against "The Won."
I wonder what all those donk voters will be doing during the primary election...
No wonder the commies are not allowing anyone a serious shot against bammy in the primaries. No one running against little bammy frees up the donks to vote Mittwitt, who will either lose to bammy or become bammie lite if elected.
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