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There is no filing fee for precinct or county chairs. You will need to turn in a notarized application, and either hand-deliver or send certified mail.

Precinct Leaders in Texas political parties are elected in primary elections. So you will need to apply around December of next year for an election in March 2012. If your precinct is vacant, you could also apply for an appointment, but it's possible the party leaders might draft someone else to...

The campaign may also be getting money from offline sources (checks mailed in for example) that will push them over $600k.

This. You can't give someone else money with the purpose of having them give money to a candidate. Also, I know in Texas if someone promises to give your campaign a specific amount of money on a specific day you have to report it as the day the promise was made.

For the record, Ron Paul is older than McCain.

This.

Had to read his book last semester. On top of being a progressive liberal, he advocates for a complete Constitutional Convention, basically a rewrite from scratch.

yes

TheMiddleClass.org : A project of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy From their website: DMI is a non-partisan, non-profit thing tank providing ideas that fuel the progressive movement :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

John Gay (the one running vs. Dr. Paul) owns a car dealership in Dickinson (my family once bought a lemon from him in the early 90's). I don't know his finances but he can probably give his campaign 30-60k if he was serious about winning (and I don't think he is)

...to win the Democratic primary, since the bankrupt incompetent party-switcher has has no chance of beating Ron Paul in November. Then again, the other guys probably have no chance either so... I'm also going by the assumption that the other Democrat (Robert Pruett) isn't the one on Death Row...

Waiting at my email for the invite to be sent out

What'choo talkin' 'bout?

No. This is a BAD idea. They'll just turn this around make all candidates swear loyalty to the Republican Party Leader and force all candidates to support the neoconservative platform or kick them out. Or if a State GOP Convention goes badly (Debra should have experience with this) they could...

I don't think a TPB link is going to be very popular among Anarcho-Capitalists....