Sadly, our governor is in Romney's back pocket.
Posted on 12/24/2011 7:12:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Gingrich's campaign, having failed to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, released this statement, decrying the entire process and promising to run as a write-in candidate:
“Only a failed system excludes four out of the six major candidates seeking access to the ballot. Voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender, especially leading candidates. We will work with the Republican Party of Virginia to pursue an aggressive write-in campaign to make sure that all the voters of Virginia are able to vote for the candidate of their choice.”
This should end up in court...
How do the other states do it? What is so strangely different about the VA requirements that all but tow candidates got screwed up?
the one candidate that is slightly conservative (well he talks a good debate anyway)
and bingo...his organization is run by Frackin’ Morons.
sheesh...
right in candidate my @$$
Is Newt going to contest this? is Perry?
Sadly, our governor is in Romney's back pocket.
Remember that Paul has ran for president several times and Romney ran before too...they have experience on getting on the ballots. No excuse for the others but...........
I find it amazing that you immediately jump on the campaign morons instead of wondering whether or not the bureaucratic requirements were simply out of control.
With that mindset, you would no doubt blame every business if they foul up their government paperwork instead of questioning the bureaucratic burden of the paperwork in the first place.
Campaigns, like businesses, are damned tough to finance and to run. The notion of ridiculous paperwork in Virginia should be questioned - but it should be Virginia, not the campaigns, who are questioned. Especially since the majority of the legit campaigns failed this test.
Just stunning you reached this (wrong) conclusion.
Whatever. IA can marginalize themselves by flirting with the nut Paul by responding to his negative, trendy political ads and VA can marginalize themselves with rules so tortured that several candidates don’t even bother trying to get on the ballot. Whatever, VA.
BTW, I am a Perry supporter but unless chicanery happened, they must live with the results.
What happened???? Yesterday it was all over FR that NEWT had turned in enough signatures? ???
Right. Requirements so ridiculous that three candidates didn't even bother to TRY and get on the ballot. Congratulations VA. You win the Barack Hussein Memorial prize for elimination of contenders.
I think it's high time we lay this on the desk of Gov. McDonnell and express our conservative dissatisfaction and how we will remember what he did should HE ever run for higher office.
You could easily post pix of McDonnell with Newt and Perry, too. The argument that McDonnell has anything to do with who is and isn’t on the ballot is stupid and offensive.
What happened? Thought he had cleared that hurdle about one week ago!
When a state ends up telling Republicans their choice is limited to Mitt or RonPaul, the state is out of control.
If I lived there, and a write-in vote was invalid, I’d vote for RonPaul to show my disgust with the system. And I despise RonPaul too!
Are you saying McDonell has no influence over the RPV? Certainly, being just a political organization, they are able to change their own rules without challenge. How would we effect that change? When one opens a clam, one finds the weak spot and prys. The weak spot in this clam is Gov. McDonnell’s future political aspirations.
Well, running the United States of America is going to be kind of tricky too. If you can't solve how to get on the ballot, how can we expect you to deal with the complexities of the world?
It's time to have ONE primary day. Give all Republicans an equal say on who is to be their candidate.
So you are down to voting for either Mitt or Wrong Paul. How sad for you.
I'd bet you a cup of coffee that they tried, but couldn't come up with the 10k and/or the required number per congressional district, so they didn't hand any of the ones they had in because there was no point in doing so. Why add to the embarrassment?
I find it highly amusing watching Republicans moan about these requirements in light of the burdensome requirements placed on independent and other party candidates in numerous states by the Republican/Democrat one party cartel.
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