Indeed. Come March 6th and the only choices on the ballot are Romney and Crazy Uncle Ron, I’ll vote for Ron Paul.
I utterly despise RhuPwaul but I hate what is happening to the process in our state even more. Voting for him will send the RINOs a message that they will never forget. Then we need to go take care of business in our GOP organizations and in the primaries.
Newt will be on the Ballot. Newt is a resident of Virginia and will be on the ballot.
Vote for Newt! He will turn this country in the right direction which will result in job creation.
This is, after all, the primary, and a Super Tuesday primary at that. The GOP nomination hardly hangs in the balance.
Important as it may seem, really all the primary does is select VA’s delegates to the GOP national convention. It is NOT the general election. Those delegates will be committed to voting for the winner during the first round of voting only. So voting for Paul is probably the better option, at least in this state, as the non-Romney. Not sure *I* can do that, but strategically, it makes sense. For all we know, Paul will be on a 3rd party ticket by the time they hit Tampa and all those delegates would be free to vote as they please.
This should be a wake up call to all the candidates, one of whom WILL be on the ballot in VA in November, to get their ground games good and strong in every competitive state, in every Congressional District, and in every precinct. That’s how Obama won this state in ‘08... great ground work, and from very early on. None of this running around at the last minute like Gingrich and Perry did for the primary ballot. In the long run this fiasco may actually benefit the candidates.