Posted on 12/31/2011 9:43:16 AM PST by TBBT
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in the Virginia presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot, Fox News has learned. Only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul qualified for the Virginia primary, a contest with 49 delegates up for grabs. The failure of other candidates to qualify -- notably Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry -- led to complaints that the 10,000-signature requirement is too stringent. Cuccinelli, who is a Republican, shared the concerns. "Recent events have underscored that our system is deficient," he said in a statement. "Virginia owes her citizens a better process. We can do it in time for the March primary if we resolve to do so quickly." Cuccinelli's proposal is expected to state that if the Virginia Board of Elections certifies that a candidate is receiving federal matching funds, or has qualified to receive them, that candidate will upon request be automatically added to the ballot. Two former Democratic attorneys general are also backing the move, along with a former Democratic state party chairman and a former Republican state party chairman. Former state Attorney General Tony Troy called the Virginia process a "legal and constitutional embarrassment."
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Dream on.
Happy New Year
Wrong! The score is:
Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry = The lion’s share of the VA delegates
Willard Romney = Didly squat
Ron Paul = Didly squat
Per the Journal Editorial Report on Fox News...Newts slide has stopped in Iowa due to his jobs and economy focus.
Maybe not. From the article:
The Va. Gov. probably was shaking in his boots to think that Ron Paul would win over Romney as a protest there and embarrass him.
I’m not a Romulus or Paul fan, but how did the Governor of VA cause the rest of the pack not to get enough legal signatures to qualify? Are u saying it’s the Governors fault for the lack of legal signatures?
It basically shows that the majority of low populated BLUE states are then only States to pick the RINO in the Primary. Why does the media think they can shove a Liberal at us when he will not win the Red States in the Primary?
January
? - Iowa 28 delegates
RINO - New Hampshire 12
Newt - South Carolina 25
Newt - Florida 50
February
Newt - Nevada 28
Newt - Maine 24
Newt - Colorado 36
Newt - Minnesota 40
Newt- Arizona 29
RINO - Michigan 30
March
Newt - Washington 43
Newt - Alaska 27
Newt - Georgia 76
Newt - Idaho 32
RINO - Mass 41
Newt - North Dakota 28
Newt - Ohio 66
Newt - Oklahoma 43
Newt - Tennessee 58
RINO - Vermont 17
Newt - Virginia 50
Newt - Wyoming 29
Newt - Kansas 40
Newt - Alabama 50
RINO - Hawaii 20
Newt - Mississippi 40
Newt - Missouri 52
NEWT - Illinois 69
Newt - Louisiana 46
April
Newt - Maryland 37
Newt - Texas 155
RINO - Wash D.C. 19
Newt - Wisconsin 42
RINO - Connecticut 28
RINO - Delaware 17
RINO - New York 95
Newt - Pennsylvania 72
RINO - Rhode Island 19
May
Newt - Indiana 46
Newt - North Carolina 55
Newt - West Virginia 31
Newt - Nebraska 35
Newt - Oregon 29
Newt - Arkansas 36
Newt - Kentucky 45
June
NEWT - California 172
Newt - Montana 26
Newt - New Jersey 50
Newt - New Mexico 23
Newt - South Dakota 28
RINO - Utah 40
LOL
It’s always written in stone until it isn’t.
Who do you think will win VA on March 6th, which is 10 weeks away? That’s a good amount of time for Newt to gain even more wins along the way.
There is an R ‘establishment opposed to changing the law- but they'll be run over by the Dems teaming up with the ‘Tea Party’ Rs.
Bolling (Romney's state chair) can gracefully go along or not: IE he's irrelevant.
Might even prevent the Dems from a walkout or such when the Senate organizes...
If the Dems think there is a preordained nominee who might be hurt by a bruising, extended primary fight, I could see them supporting this. It isn’t the only reason to do so, but one of them.
I am of the personal opinion that this current fiasco will be corrected. It does deprive the voters of VA of their free choice, and makes the state look incompetent.
not a liberal (Aunt Willard) or a racist (Uncle Pauly).
My oh my...would an “interesting” couple. Aunt Willard probably lays back and thinks of of the motherland.
Perhaps common sense will prevail, after all.
Rombot,
What do you mean, Newt WON’T win Virginia?
That is, should be, a violation of the free exercise clause of the 1st Amendment.
If a law passed by Congress prohibits free expression of religion, it is, should be, null and void.
That is a plain reading of the 1st Amendment.
Sweet, that looks right. Illinois is tricky but most of the land area votes like Alabama ; )
Go Newt!
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