Jim, I understand how you want to stop Romney, and I appreciate it, but facebook “likes” is not how candidates get on the ballot in Virginia.
We have a law, and we have rules, and the rules were made plain to all the candidates, and every candidate had to live by those rules.
I’m sure Gingrich and Perry will file petitions to the RPV to get on the ballot, and maybe they will find a way to persuade themselves onto the ballot. But it is unseemly to launch an OWS-style protest against our state and our committee.
I doubt anybody would be doing this if Gingrich got on, and Romney didn’t. We’d all be happy as clams.
I’ll wait for the RPV to get back from Christmas and issue more information about what is happening before I comment much further. I think there has been a lot of misinformation here and elsewhere, and it’s being fueled by people acting out emotionally in the moment, and when there is nobody at work to answer the questions (weekend AND Christmas, you know).
Remember, our RPV got McDonald and Cuccinelli elected. And Bill Bolling, despite his endorsement of Romney, is a solid conservative as well, and a good man who doesn’t deserve to be slandered by some here at FR.
And Bolling doesn’t run the RPV. If anybody does, it would be McDonald, who has not endorsed. And Cuccinelli is also a powerful statewide official. You think Ken would let all the conservative get bumped off the ballot by some trickery?
But all those candidates did something Gingrich and Perry failed to do — got 10,000 VALID signatures to run for their offices.
Dittos to all CharlesWayneCT said.
I would add that it’s offensive to those of us who’ve worked in the VA GOP political trenches to see folks who know nothing about VA or its politics attacking our superior elected officials, state party officials, and those volunteers who gave up a very long day over the Christmas weekend to work (until 3am) on the certifications.
Much of what’s been posted here today comes from politico’s unnamed sources, and then been repeated throughout the MSM echo chamber, and now on FR as Gospel. It’s very disheartening. We should wait to hear directly from the people involved.
Merry Christmas y’all.
Something is wrong with a system that is designed to make it hard for legitimate candidates — even a Republican frontrunner and resident of that state, to get on a state’s ballot. 5 out of 7 candidates for the Republican nomination for president did not qualify. These are not people who have no business cluttering the ballot. These are governors, and current and former members of Congress. In other words, only the candidates with huge war chests are allowed. That’s what it boils down to. It’s designed, whether intentional or not, to disenfranchise Virginia voters. It needs to be changed. If we just sit back and say “oh well” we’re going to get what we deserve, Obama or Romney. Raise hell. Make Virginia do the right thing. Make it happen.
Sorry, but one can hardly be a "solid conservative" and a "good man" while endorsing Romney. Of all the conservative candidates, the guy endorses Romney? Unbelievable.
Sorry, but one can hardly be a "solid conservative" and a "good man" while endorsing Romney. Of all the conservative candidates, the guy endorses Romney? Unbelievable.