It would seem more sensible to write off Virginia and move on to the next state rather than try to rewrite the rules ex-post facto. It sounds too much like what Al Gore tried to do in Florida in 2000.
Exactly. Just write VA off. Let your supporters organize and turn out en masse for Ron Paul and embarrass Mitt and the GOP Establishment. Ron Paul is not going to get the nomination anyhow.
WHAT? We are chatting about a primary, right?
No votes have been counted. right?
Are we not discussing getting a NAME on a Ballot?
So this is the same as counting actual Votes 3, 4, 5 times verses NOT ONE vote being allowed for the candidate of our choice?
Every candidate for statewide office has to get 10,000 signatures. All the governor, lt, governor, and at. General candidates manage to do it. Every 4 years many presidential hopefuls do it (in 2008 Duncan Hunter failed).
It’s hard, and we occasionally debate having other ways because it doesn’t really prove anything (republicans tend to sign all the petitions because that way others will sign your petitions, and one of the odd things this year was that the campaigns seemed to eschew any cooperation).
But I was shocked that Perry didn’t get 15,000 so he didn’t have to worry. He was here in September, we had an election in November, and I never saw a Perry petition, and the campaign never answered e-mails about it. Perry had a former AG working for his campaign, and Kilgore knew exactly what had to be done, and failed to do it.
I’m not as surprised at Gingrich, although he does LIVE here.
I agree that 10,000 petitions is reasonable, but how many were thrown out? “Disqualified”? Did Gingrich offer any numbers?
Over a month ago, VA GOP officials were granting interviews on this subject and it was being talked about in major news venues.
To attack the "system" at this point is just lame.