Ever hear of the bully pulpit, being Gov of a state is a little like being the head of the party, he can call the party big wigs and grind them to do something... being conservative does not mean an absences of choices... if this goes down to blocking the other candidates from participating, what the hell does that say about fair play in the political process, especially where conservatism is concerned, and extra-especially the kind that Ron Paul brandishes. If the laws are screwed up then trash them, trash them on the air waves, in the public square, in print, then get the state legislature to do an emergency something or other to fix this... Gawd man, he can do something!!
If it were just a matter within the Party...
but the problem isn’t Party rules it’s the law.
There’s talk of changing the law before the primary. Kinda nebulous now, he could help with that of course.
I live in VA. McDonnell is a RINO. Romney has appeared several times in the state with McDonnell. There is talk that our governor would be Romney’s choice for veep.