GOP Catastrophe in Virginia - Several Prez nominee hopefuls fail to make primary ballot.

[stevenleser]

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/dec/22/bachmann-huntsman-santorum-not-on-va-primary-ballo-ar-1563033/

Bachmann, Huntsman and Santorum are out, Gingrich and Perry may have squeaked by but could be tripped up if enough of their signatures are invalidated (You need 10,000 valid signatures, it's suggested you get at least 15,000 to be sure, Gingrich and Perry both are in the 11,000's.

Schadenfreude, I gots it! ROFLMAO

[tabatha]

1. Wish that list had included Perry.

[onestepforward]

15. Your wish has been granted!

He failed to qualify

[stevenleser]

19. Gingrich also failed! It's Romney vs Paul in Virginia! Oh this is too good to be true (but it is!)nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Sweet news indeed! May they all be tripped up! n/t

[Old and In the Way]

3. Wow....that's a pretty low bar. I'm not surprised about Huntsman, but Bachman and Santorum

I'd have thought could get enough. Wonder if they're getting the message?

[Speck Tater]

4. What if they gave a primary and nobody ran. ;-). nt

[LiberalAndProud]

5. Oh come on!

They're not even trying. Which ones are we supposed to be taking seriously, really? Because it's clear that few of them are truly serious. Shills, every one of them, except for Romney.

Yea, I'm stupid enough to believe it's incompetence, or that there aren't 15,000 voters to sign for them. Ri-i-ght. and I'm the Easter Bunny.

[jberryhill]

9. I know it's early

But can I get some Lindt chocolates this year, instead of the Nestlé and Hershey crap?

And some peeps for the microwave.

[LiberalAndProud]

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[eppur_se_muova]

6. The Romney / Paul Debates should be classic ! nt

[Historic NY]

7. They apparently never expected to get that far..losers

[Renew Deal]

8. The petition laws are ridiculous

NY has the same type of law. I think it's meant to protect the powerful from competition.

[SixthSense]

10. not this one

10,000 people in Virginia is 0.12% of the population - not an onerous barrier, especially given the number of people who will sign anything on a clipboard handed to them.

[Renew Deal]

12. It's probably 10,000 registered republicans.

And each candidate probably needs to be the first to get a signature from the voter. Why can't it be 5,000 signatures or 2,500 signatures? It's intentional. In NY it's 15K signatures distributed through most of the congressional districts. McCain sued NY state over this in 2000 and won.

[ohheckyeah]

14. We don't register by party

in Virginia. Nowhere does our registration indicate a party.

[Renew Deal]

16. OK, so are all primaries open there?

[ohheckyeah]

18. Yes, they are. n/t

[Snarkoleptic]

13. Watching their lame attempts to get the grass roots mobilized

is like watching a tortoise screwing an army helmet.

[On the Road]

17. Well, This Certainly Gives Credence to Some of the Charges That, Um,

certain campaigns are being run as PR stunts, and that the candidates do not have a real political organization.

Looks like Virginians might be forced to vote of Romney after all.