Virginia Legislators To Try And Change The Rules To Get Gingrich On Ballot!

[virginiakid]

http://www.nbc29.com/story/16390374...hange-ballot-rules-to-let-gingrich-in-primary

Alright everyone, time to do some politics and call your legislators and urge them not to go through with this possible emergency legislation that would change the rules and allow Gingrich and Perry on the ballot in March. They would never do this for Ron Paul or for any other possible candidate seeking election, why should they do it for them? If they want to change the rules, fine, but not until July 1, when all other bills go into effect.

These people would stop at nothing to destroy Ron Paul and the political process, they are all about preservation, and if it means breaking the rules, the so be it. Quite disgusted.

 

[lakerssuck92]

Toscano says changing the rules is easier said than done. "An emergency clause legislation, which would take effect immediately, would require 80 percent of those voting to approve, and it's hard to know whether you could get 80 percent," he said.

Hmm....they may not succeed, at least I hope they don't...

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

The lawmakers are the lawbreakers Emergency legislation? Oh no, an honest man might win the primary, DIAL 911! I don't see men. I see subhumans scurrying to try and keep their tentacles twisted over our wallets and throats.

 

[braane]

The rules are the same for everyone, it's really childish of these campaigns to complain. Two of the candidates got people out there to get signatures, they should be rewarded for it.

I am all for loosening the standards, but it should be done for the next election. Changing the rules in the middle isn't fair.

 

[nbhadja]

Newt, Perry, Bachman, Sanctorum= fringe candidates that are unelectable. If you can't even get on one state's ballot (home state for Newt) then you have no shot at winning the primary, let alone beating Obama.

It's time these fringe candidates that are unelectable drop out. Also Wolf should ask them if they are gonna run 3rd party.

 

[virginiakid]

Gingrich and Perry both had over 10,000 signatures. But over a thousand of those signatures were not legit, therefore, they were not certified to be on the ballot. Everyone knows in VA that you have to get at least 15,000, if not 20,000 signatures to be sure of a spot. rash.Paul, probably just made it.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

The rules are the same for everyone, it's really childish of these campaigns to complain. Two of the candidates got people out there to get signatures, they should be rewarded for it.

I am all for loosing the standards, but it should be done for the next election. Changing the rules in the middle isn't fair.

They did this last primary cycle when they changed the rules last second to shut out Ron Paul delegates in Nevada. We need citizens of Virginia to go out and contact the legislators, letting them know changing the rules because they don't like the candidate is unacceptable and won't be forgotten.

 

[Travlyr]

I loathe making predictions. Yet, I predict that Newt will be on the Virginia ballot for 2012, no matter what.

 

[Agorism]

Paul should have been the only candidate on Louisiana last time but then they just changed the rules to "fix" it.

 

[Endthefednow]

LOL, it is so comical. We must vote for who we are told to do so. The Establishment will show us paulbots who run this game

 

[virginiakid]

The Virginia legislators let in January. Not sure what day though. That is when you will see the bill. I am sure it will be like fast and furious.

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

e-mails phone numbers?

 

[Condor Bastadon]

No worries. I would think that Gingrich splits a lot more votes from Romney than he does from Paul.

 

[Sublyminal]

This will be an embarrassment for Virginia as a whole, if this happens.

 

[economics102]

I think the Paul and Romney campaigns should go on the attack and claim that this is "campaign welfare" and that it's unfair to bend the rules for them when Paul and Romney had to put the hard work in to qualify.

 

[virginiakid]

e-mails phone numbers?

Here is the list of VA Delegates http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/MWebsiteTL?OpenView

Here is the list of VA Senators http://sov.state.va.us/SenatorDB.nsf/$$Viewtemplate+for+WMembershipHome?OpenForm

 

[milo10]

Let them do it. I don't want Gingrich to have any pretext for dropping out before we're ready.

 

[Sublyminal]

I think the Paul and Romney campaigns should go on the attack and claim that this is "campaign welfare" and that it's unfair to bend the rules for them when Paul and Romney had to put the hard work in to qualify.

If I were able to give rep, you'd be getting a +1 right now for this.

 

[Bama Boy]

This works to our advantage. RELAX!

 

[Heman5up]

I actually think that a GOOd NEWS. The damage is already done. This embarrasement for NewtG and RickP is top news everywhere and will stick for some time. For voting day advantage, more contender could work in our favor given the complex delegate rules in Viginia (winner take all only for 51% majority; otherwise proportionate distribution of delagates).