I am not a fan of Gingrich or Perry. That being said, this snafu is no indication positive or negative for either of them.
If someone is trying to make ground off this, like seelye or Sabato is here, they’ve got an axe to grind.
With all the voter fraud that is being perpetrated these days, I am glad that the Republican party leadership in a state is playing hardball with regulations.
Folks, when I move, I notify the registrar of voters. I want my voting materials to be sent to the proper address. I’m not sure why anyone would skip this important step.
As for Gingrich or Perry, their teams evidently didn’t know these strict regulations would be enforced. I’m not inclined to ding either of them on this matter, for not getting the proper amount of valid signature.
I’m not inclined to trash the state leadership over it either.
Tightening up the rules is not a bad thing.
This primary has just become irrelevant. Nobody is going to win big off of this. A few delegates are not going to sway this nomination one way or the other.
It’s about optics.