This has the stench of Rove all over it.
There is some interesting commentary at Sabato’s twitter page about the origins of all this and how it puts Virginia in a class by itself. Have lived here a long time and had no idea how restrictive the rules are.
Sabato says that most of the restrictive rules were put in place by rats to stifle competition.
http://twitter.com/#!/larrysabato
Gator!!!!!! I think you nailed it! Rove has been harping on Gingrich’s lack of organization for weeks. Would not doubt if he was celebrating Newt being eliminated from the VA primary and Newt would have won in VA.