“Why drop this news now?
To detract from gains in Iowa? Where Perry is gaining ground?”
When would you prefer this news to be released?
It is what it is.
Funny thing is someone wrote on another thread that if you submit 15,000 signatures, Virginia assumes you have enough and doesn’t even count them. In that case, I wonder if Mitt Romney just signed his own name 15,000 times.
It really makes Paul, Perry and Gingrich look bad though, since none of them submitted over 15,000. Why wasn’t there enough time to just stand outside Walmart until they hit the safe zone?
“Romney is sure to make it because he turned in over 15,000 signatures: The state GOP has said they’ll not canvass the petitions of those candidates who reach that threshold.”
“But as Virginia campaign lawyer Chris Ashby notes, those candidates “who submit 14,999 or fewer, however, will undergo signature-by-signature scrutiny of his or her petitions — something no statewide candidate in recent memory ever has had to endure.””