I disagree.
Any idiot can get on the ballot.
Getting the nomination of a major Party is important.
If you can’t get that?
You do not deserve the time or attention of anyone.
Hm, interesting stance. It does beg several questions though.
First, what qualifies as "major party"? Only Democrat and Republican, or would Constitution or Libertarian count?
Second, given that the Democratic party is openly approving of selfishly murderous policies (abortion) and the Republican party is even worse* (they claim to be against it, but when was the last time they even put forward a token push in congress? Never, to my knowledge, in my political lifetime.) why should such "major party" nominations count for terribly much?
* Similar can be said for 2nd Amendment (WRT GCA/NFA), Government Size (when was the last time a government agency was disbanded and its employees/functions not rolled into another agency?), Government Accountability (Fast & Furious was an unauthorized act of war and, by definition, State Sponsored Terrorism), Fiscal Responsibility (see government size), the 4th/5th/6th/7th/8th/9th/10th Amendments (when was the last time a significant proposal to drop the War on Drugs, the single most destructive set of policies [ie mindset] to rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights)?
Actually, I would like to see them all on one stage. It would soon become apparent that Romney is the only thoughtful adult there. Imagine the Green and Communist candidates parroting Pres. Obama. Imagine the others trying to make themselves sound electable.