I don’t think write-in campaigns are as difficult as they used to be.
If Newt is truly as popular as the polls say, I don’t see it being a big problem for people to vote for him as a write-in candidate.
VA law excludes write-in ballots in the primaries. We can do that in a general election only.
Hopefully by Tuesday everyone will have adjusted to this reality, and the Gingrich (and Perry) campaigns will have learned a valuable if not costly lesson about the ground game in all 50 states. It’s still early in the process, and there are 10 other primaries that day.
There’s talk that we VA Gingrich people can vote for Paul to keep the delegates from Romney, under the theory that Paul won’t make it all the way to Tampa. Our own little “Operation Chaos.” But at this stage of the primary season ‘08, who thought Barack would take the nomination from Hillary? Not sure I’d want to ‘go there.’
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From the article, here’s part of the problem: Gingrich campaign director Michael Krull said in a statement: “We will work with the Republican Party of Virginia to pursue an aggressive write-in campaign...”
The director of a national presidential campaign should know the election laws (or have a(n) advisor(s) who know(s) the election laws) in each of the states. The director of a national presidential campaign should NOT be talking (in a CYA fashion) about a write-in campaign when it’s not allowed in the state where he’s complaining about not having qualified to be on the primary ballot.