“I’m glad Perry isn’t gone, because it gives us more of a chance to beat Romney with a real conservative. I’ll settle for Gingrich if I have to, but I’d rather have Perry or Santorum (now that Bachmann is gone).
Of course, I can’t vote for any of these people in Virginia....”
I’m in the same boat, and it makes me so angry. Our two choices in VA are non-choices as far as I’m concerned.
“I’m in the same boat, and it makes me so angry. Our two choices in VA are non-choices as far as I’m concerned”
By the time the primaries rolled around in Texas last time, we had no choice either. Just McCain. Even Romney had dropped out by then after spending 11 million dollars in the campaign.
I agree with your reasoned sentiments completely.
Be sure to write to your state delegate and senator, and to Bob McDonnell, expressing your dissappointment that YOU, the voter, are being disenfranchised by rules that gave you no say in who made the ballot.
Point out in your e-mails that the state, and the RPV, provided no method for you to make your opinion known, and that it is wrong to punish the voters and limit their choices because of the failure of the candidates.
Conclude by noting that this isn’t a game, that the rules are not devine proclamations, and that it is simply wrong to deny the voters of Virginia, and you specifically, the ability to vote for a clearly viable candidate of your choice.
I will be writing an op-ed on this next week. I’ve turned 180 on the subject myself, once I realized it wasn’t about what was “fair” to the candidates, but what was RIGHT for the voters. Elections aren’t a game that people “win” by exploiting the rules, they are serious matters, especially this election. A stupid rule poorly enforced should not stand in the way of picking the best President for our country — that is both foolish AND absurd.