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Four GOP Candidates Join Perry’s Lawsuit to Get on Va. Primary Ballot

Four GOP Candidates Join Perrys Lawsuit to Get on Va. Primary Ballot

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been joined by four of his fellow GOP presidential candidates in his lawsuit against Virginia's elections board. (AP)

Four additional GOP presidential candidates left off Virginia’s Republican primary ballot have joined Texas Gov. Rick Perry in suing the state elections board.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announced Saturday they were joining Perry‘s lawsuit charging that Virginia’s ballot rules are unconstitutional.

The suit is challenging Virginia’s rules that determine who can appear on the primary ballot: To qualify in the state, candidates must submit 10,000 signatures from registered Virginia voters, including at least 400 from each of 11 congressional districts — a bar some say only the best-funded campaigns can meet.

CNN reported:

In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Perry said the statutes of Virginia law that regulate access to the ballot were “among the most onerous in the nation and severely restrict who may obtain petition signatures.”

In their release Saturday, Bachmann, Gingrich, Huntsman and Santorum request the board of elections add their names to the ballot, saying it will avoid “unnecessary costs and expenses to the state and the parties” that would be incurred by moving the lawsuit forward.

The Virginia Republican Party announced last week that both Perry and Gingrich failed to submit the required number of signatures and therefore were disqualified from the ballot. Bachmann, Huntsman and Santorum opted not to file any paperwork at all, leaving former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul the only GOP presidential candidates to qualify.

Gingrich blasted Virginia’s decision to kick him off the ballot, calling it a “failed system” and comparing the setback to Pearl Harbor. According to CNN, he cited campaign worker fraud as the reason for not qualifying.

In a statement last week, Perry‘s campaign called Virginia’s provisions unconstitutional in restricting ballot access.

“We believe that the Virginia provisions unconstitutionally restrict the rights of candidates and voters by severely restricting access to the ballot, and we hope to have those provisions overturned or modified to provide greater ballot access to Virginia voters and the candidates seeking to earn their support,” Perry communications director Ray Sullivan said.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is expected to file emergency legislation to try to aid the candidates in getting on the ballot as well.

Virginia has 49 delegates. Its primary will be held March 6.

Comments (128)

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  • sbenard
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 5:17pm

    If you can‘t join ’em, beat ‘em!

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  • dannyvabchva
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:01pm

    If they can’t get 10,000 signatures what makes people think they can run a goverment.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:16pm

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/perry-disqualified-from-va-primary-ballot/2011/12/23/gIQA3BZNEP_blog.html

      Perry turned in 11,911 signatures
      Newt turned in 11,050 signatures

      BOTH turned them in by the 5pm deadline

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:17pm

      Yup. BooHoo hoooo for the fake ass conservatards and the communist gingrich. Their campaigns obviousy suck otherwise they would have known the Virginia laws, and would have been able to find a couple (and that’s all 10K signatures amount to in the political world) people interested in who they are.

      Screw them idiots.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:31pm

      Clara88
      You and the 4 candidates need to read the Virginia requirements again. A candidate needs 10,000 sigs 400 from every voting district in the state. That doesn’t mean 500 from one and 200 from another. That being sad, some of us worked very hard to get our candidate on the VA ballot and some didn’t work at all. Maybe you should be joining the OWS crowd, they don’t seem to want to work for much either.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:37pm

      @ Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:16pm

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/perry-disqualified-from-va-primary-ballot/2011/12/23/gIQA3BZNEP_blog.html

      Perry turned in 11,911 signatures
      Newt turned in 11,050 signatures

      BOTH turned them in by the 5pm deadline in revisionist history. The commie gingrich didn‘t and he knows that he didn’t and it’s why he threw his little girl commie fit. These 4 are all idiots, AND liars.

      This is happening because even gingrich, who lives in the State knows that it’s ILLEGAL for write-in candidates.

      § 24.2-644. Voting by paper ballot; voting for presidential electors; write-in votes.

      D. No write-in vote shall be counted unless the name is entered on the ballot in conformance with this section. No write-in vote shall be counted when it is apparent to the officers of election that a voter has voted for the same person for the same office more than one time. No write-in vote shall be counted for an office for any person whose name appears on the ballot as a candidate for that office. If two or more persons are to be elected to the same office, a voter may vote for one or more persons whose names do appear on the ballot and one or more persons whose names do not appear on the ballot, provided that the total number of votes cast by him for that office does not exceed the number of persons to be elected to that office.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:37pm

      CommonSense…Come on now….THAT OWS thing>>was beneath you

      I

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:40pm

      CommonSense…

      CommonSense….i thought THIS part of THAT article was INTERESTING

      Two former Democratic attorneys general are backing the move, along with a former Democratic state party chairman and a former Republican state party chairman.

      Former state Attorney General Tony Troy called the Virginia process a “legal and constitutional embarrassment.” Fellow former top Virginia prosecutor Steve Rosenthal said: “This is not a Democratic or Republican issue. If it takes emergency legislation, then we need to do it.”

      Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/31/virginia-attorney-general-intervenes-in-gop-primary-ballot-dispute/#ixzz1iFDZ9PNG

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 5:14pm

      I don’t think 2 former Democratic attorneys, a Democratic state party chairman, washed up Republican chairman, Tony Troy and Steve Rosenthal (2 more attorneys, which also maybe dems) help your case. Plus if I’m not mistake it takes 80% of the legislators to change the requirements, after the fact. All this before Super Tuesday? The People of VA should be very happy with these 4 by then.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 6:11pm

      Good point. “To qualify in the state, candidates must submit 10,000 signatures from registered Virginia voters, including at least 400 from each of 11 congressional districts — a bar some say only the best-funded campaigns can meet.” Really? How much “funding” does it take to get a signature? It had better be “zero”! How much funding does it take to collect a signature? If you inspire volunteers, then that sould be “zero” as well. Romney probably got it done with funding. Paul probably had more volunteers. I’m for the Conservative in the race (Santorum), but he didn’t do his work in Virginia and should have to take the hit for it.

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    • greensteam
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 6:17pm

      doesnt matter how much you hate them, if you run for office in 50 states, it should be easier for people making millions in donations to get on the ballots. if santorum is in on it, i believe it must be legit. the others may have questions around them. who would say that they are all four of them conservatards or whatever? they are who they are. dont vote for them if you dont like them. but they still have a right to be there. virginia laws were already set, but that doesnt mean they are constitutional. by these rules today imagine some of the great presidents we never would have seen.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 6:34pm

      I would think that the citizens of VA would want ALL of their laws to closely follow the Constitution ESPECIALLY all of you Ron Paul supporters….hmmmmm????? What say YOU about THIS Ron Paul?? I hear>>>CRICKETS?????
      I have family in Norfolk and they are very upset and embarrassed by all of this and agree that what is going on in VA is UNCONSTITUTIONAL….REGARDLESS of the unconstitutional rules ALREADY set in place. I think the state of VA is going to be hearing from MANY of it’s citizens soon.
      It doesn’t matter WHAT party you support?? What matters is the Constitution>>The Supreme Law Of The Land

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    • Tower7_TRUTH
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 7:04pm

      THESE CLOWNS can’t get on the Ballet in VA but you hear all the Things they
      will do the 1st day as president…. LOL I’m sure you will do wonders and
      Sh#t Plonders as soon as we make you President, but today we can’t get
      on a ballet……

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 7:41pm

      Clara88
      So all these years the requirements to get on the VA ballot has been unconstitutional? Or do we have 5 candidates that couldn’t get the support of 10,000 people out of a population of over 8 million and are just poor losers? Or do we have people like your family in Norfolk that didn’t get off the couch and do the work necessary to get their candidate on the ballot? The longer this goes on the more they all look like Whining libs. You should really stop, this is not helping Perry or the other 4 book touring candidates. Nobody feels sorry for them.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 8:11pm

      CommonSense….with YOU…i just agree to disagree…and you know NOTHING about my family in Norfolk…except i WILL tell you that they are BRAVE MILITARY and have done PLENTY to help NOT ONLY their state but ALSO their COUNTRY.

      And…YOU are RIGHT. NO ONE feels sorry for Gov Rick Perry. I remember YOU telling me that he had NO money and would soon be out?? Gov Rick Perry has spent MORE money in Iowa than ANY OTHER candidate. He has PLENTY of money, backing and support. Just like Gov Perry says..If Washington IS The PROBLEM…WHY Trust The People Who Have Been Working IN Washington To Fix The PROBLEM???? I AGREE!!! Gov Perry is the ONLY TRUE Washington Outsider in this race. Mike Huckabee WON Iowa in their primary LAST time and he did NOT become the nominee. Everything does NOT depend on VA either!!!!

      http://www.rickperry.org/

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 8:31pm

      CommonSense….i take YOUR comment to mean that YOU do NOT care if your state’s voting laws are Constitutional OR not?? Hmmmm….yeah…keep on pushing that Ron Paul is a Constitionalist Thing. Ron Paul HAS BEEN IN CONGRESS…it’s time for New Blood in Washington>>I Choose Gov Rich Perry….he is the BEST PERSON for the job out of EVERYONE…just my opinion and as an American i have EVERY RIGHT to it. :))

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 10:55pm

      Clara88
      You sure gave me an ear full.
      Rick Perry has plenty of money. It is the rest of the 5 that don’t have any. He just doesn’t have any supporters other than you. For the record I’m glad of that, if he did you would not have to be defending him not being on the VA Ballot. That being said, it is best not to bring others into your fight, once that has been done they are fair game. Don’t worry thou we all have some couch potatoes in the family. I’m not worried about the VA ballot laws, they will stand up in court, if it ever gets that far. These 5 are all but done. Again it sure would be an honor to welcome you and your enthusiasm to The Revolution.

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    • labratz5620
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 11:03pm

      They all knew the requirements of getting on the Virginia ballot from the very beginning. Now they are crying about the law! Just because they are not on the ballot doesn’t mean no one can vote for them. They can always ask supporters for their “write in” vote. Emergency legislature is not the answer here. That is mearly changing the law for convenience. Go through the proper channels to change this law, through popular vote or state congress sessions. Sorry guys, you should lose on this one. You do not deserve to be on the ballot according to the Virginia laws!

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 10:03am

      CommonSense….”Rick Perry Doesn’t Have ANY Supporters”>> PLEASE
      /////////////////////////////////////
      Aside from Iowa frontrunners Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, Perry is thought to be the only Republican candidate here with the kind of sophisticated ground game to pull off a much-needed comeback.

      And with public and internal polling from various campaigns showing the fight for third place to be a fluid one between Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Perry, a robust organization can mean the difference between a ticket home and a ticket to New Hampshire.

      There are 1,774 Republican caucus precincts around the state, 900 of which are combined and held at the same location.

      As of Friday, the Texas governor had signed up 1,500 precinct leaders in Iowa, a source inside the Perry campaign told CNN.

      The source requested anonymity because staffers are not authorized to reveal the information.

      The Perry camp also has 470 out-of-state volunteers descending on Iowa this weekend (including Perry’s own family, which flew in on Friday).

      The source said that by caucus night, “we will easily have over 2,000 Perry volunteers” fanning out across the state knocking on doors and speaking for Perry at their voting sites.

      That means roughly 95% of caucus locations will hear from a representative from the Perry campaign on Tuesday night, the source added.

      http://www.politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 10:09am

      http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/31/perry-bets-iowa-fortunes-on-robust-ground-game/

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 10:26am

      Follow Rick Perry

      GovernorPerry Over 500 volunteers from 32 states in Iowa to make a difference for America!! @GovernorPerry’sIowaStrikeForce 3 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 10:28am

      Clara88
      Did you know that all state wide elections in the state of Virginia have these same requirements? This is nothing new in the state, everyone running for office state wide plays by the same rules. You would think that a big shot running for president could do the same as some snake of a lawyer running for AG.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 10:50am

      CommonSense…i know PLENTY about VA voting rules.
      http://virginiavirtucon.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/is-this-any-way-to-choose-a-presidential-candidate/

      and….Looks like Romney and Paul’s signatures were NEVER even verified????
      ///////////////////////////
      Even though i keep blowing holes in ALL of your theories…esp when it comes to Gov Rick Perry..you just KEEP coming back. ;)

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 11:09am

      VA Doesn’t Seem To Care About….The Equal Protection Clause of The Constitution????

      Forcing Gov Perry and Newt’s signatures to be verified BUT giving Romney and Paul a FREE PASS????

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 11:37am

      Clara88
      You need to stop. This is not helping Perry, if he was running as a Democrat this would be the status quo. (which he was and acts like he still is) Perry is looking for the Conservative vote is he not? Even the AG of Virginia has back away from this. This does nothing but hurt these 5.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 11:51am

      No…it hurts YOUR state>>>>which also went blue for Obama in 2008

      Ron Paul ALSO wants the conservative vote…the i’m a Libertarian…No i’m not…i’m a republican NOW candidate???

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 12:11pm

      CommonSense….
      http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/virginia-attorney-general-changes-mind-wont-intervene-in-primary-ballot-case/2012/01/01/gIQAorjzUP_blog.html

      The VA Attorney General said that he would seek a change in the requirements for future elections. And…that he feels very strongly that Va needs to change it‘s ballot access requirements for it’s statewide elections. He won’t change the rules now…but at least he is admitting there is a problem!!

      Considering these rules were put in place by Democrats in the 1970′s….i think it’s time that SOMEONE looks into it!!!!

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 3:59pm

      Clara88
      Just dont think this is the fight these 5 should be having. I dont see anything good coming of it. If anything it will help Paul, by spitting the vote off of Romney. But if you think it a good one. March on!

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  • garyM
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:28pm

    DES MOINES, Iowa – Newt Gingrich says GOP rival Mitt Romney would buy the presidency if he could.

    Gingrich made the comment Sunday after attending Mass at the St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines.

    Gingrich said the amount that the former Massachusetts governor will spend over his various campaigns will rival that spending of billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

    Gingrich said he believes that “Romney would buy the election if he could.”

    A political action committee supporting Romney has rolled out ads attacking Gingrich in the days before Tuesday’s caucuses.

    The former House speaker is set to make three campaign stops later Sunday in Iowa.

    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/01/gingrich-romney-would-buy-election-if-could/#ixzz1iExfUPxI

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  • garyM
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:17pm

    I’m calling the GOP nominee and the VP pick, with info gathering from watching Glenn Beck’s GBTV!
    Romney/Huntsman 2012

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  • Clara88
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:05pm

    Hmmmm…..Acorn with their NEW name gets $800,000 in fraudulent funds from Obama>>breaks Federal Law…..and everyone wonders WHAT is going on in Va??? HELLO…..
    Newt and Perry BOTH turned in MORE than enough signatures BUT thousands of these signatures were thrown out????? It’s FRAUD…plain and simple. They BOTH knew the rules and they BOTH followed the rules but NEITHER ONE is going to be on the Primary Ballot?????
    FRAUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
    Come on Attorney General of Va…get to the bottom of this…….Thanks!

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:09pm

      Obama breaking Federal Law….funding voter fraud
      http://theulstermanreport.com/2011/12/31/barack-obama-violates-federal-law-funding-voter-fraud-to-win-2012-election/

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:37pm

      Clara88
      You need to read VA ballot requirements again.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:49pm

      VA Attorney General Intervenes…

      http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/31/virginia-attorney-general-intervenes-in-gop-primary-ballot-dispute/

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:50pm

      AG of VA wants law changed for Primary…

      http://lezgetreal.com/2011/12/virginia-ag-wants-law-changed-for-primary/

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:53pm

      http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/01/virginia_ag_trying_to_fix_states_embarrassing_ballot_snafu.html

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:58pm

      CommonSense…..The process in VA is Unconstitutional…Plain and Simple

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:13pm

      @clara, Hope that you had a good Christmas. are you still stuck on perry? he and newt are whining. how can you support a Whiner? if there was fraud deal with it like a big boy. it’s disgusting that obama is suing arizona and SC, likewise it’s disgusting that perry is suing VA.
      WAKE up AMERICA RON PAUL is the ONLY viable republican candidate.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:16pm

      Clara88
      Please stop! My ears are very small today, from all the Adult Beverages last night and when I laugh it hurts..
      Plain and Simple, these 4 losers couldn’t mustard up anyone to do the hard work getting them on the ballot. They will all be out of the race before Virginia even has their primary.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:20pm

      Clara88
      “AG of VA wants law changed for Primary”

      Typical liberal thinking. Go around the elected Representatives and the people of Virginia . Straight to the courts.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:26pm

      To..CircledWagons and CommonSense
      CircledWagons>>Had a great Christmas…thanks..hope YOU had the same? :)
      Happy New Year>>CommonSense>>>LOL on the ears comment.. :D

      All i am trying to say is i want someone to check the signatures that were THROWN OUT and see if it was legit?? IF i had turned in MORE THAN ENOUGH signatures and turned them ALL in by the DEADLINE…i would be asking the SAME questions. WHY were THOUSANDS of MY signatures thrown out?????

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/perry-disqualified-from-va-primary-ballot/2011/12/23/gIQA3BZNEP_blog.html

      Perry turned in 11,911 signatures
      Newt turned in 11,050 signatures

      BOTH turned them in by the 5pm deadline

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    • Clara88
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:30pm

      CommonSense….i thought THIS part of THAT article was INTERESTING

      Two former Democratic attorneys general are backing the move, along with a former Democratic state party chairman and a former Republican state party chairman.

      Former state Attorney General Tony Troy called the Virginia process a “legal and constitutional embarrassment.” Fellow former top Virginia prosecutor Steve Rosenthal said: “This is not a Democratic or Republican issue. If it takes emergency legislation, then we need to do it.”

      Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/31/virginia-attorney-general-intervenes-in-gop-primary-ballot-dispute/#ixzz1iFDZ9PNG

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:36pm

      Clara88
      I must say. I love your enthusiasm and will be proud to welcome you to the Revolution when the time comes.

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    • marion
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 6:36pm

      It is really simple. If the names are to be deemed invalid, since there are many out there trying to prevent these candidates from getting into the race, a mole goes in, gets bad signatures on purpose, and then you have voter fraud. Are the candidates totally responsible for this, no, it does need to be looked into in order to validate voter fraud on purpose, and then given a second chance as soon as possible to get valid signatures. It’s one thing to slack off and not turn in signatures, another to have an election thrown to prevent a candidate from being part of the process. Everyone has to look at both sides of this, whether or not you like the candidates.

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    • A Conservatarian
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 11:44pm

      I swear I saw somewhere waaaaaay up in this little argument something about agreeing to disagree.

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    • johnpaulkuchtajr
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 8:49am

      Ken Cuccinelli is now making headlines by BACKING AWAY from this issue. He was trying his darndest to generate some media buzz for his run at governor; but, maybe even the great unwashed see this hubbub for what it is: smoke and mirrors!

      Cuccinelli won’t kick butt on the “unindicted co-conspirators” from the HLF terror trial living or operating in VA; but, he’ll get everybody all worked-up over an abortive attempt to jump into the ballot issue? Give me a break. Cuccinelli is the emptiest of all the empty suits. I have RRR letters to prove that I laid all this Muslim Brotherhood slim out for him. His response: Not my job.

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:46pm

    Paul and Romney supporters: If Paul or Romney was left off the ballot, that would be fine with you too–since they wouldn’t have met the “qualifications?”

    Well, if I was a Virginian, I’d be ticked that while most of the rest of the country will likely have all the choices available to them at the time, I’d only get two.

    That’s the bottom line for the CITIZEN, IMO.

    Screw the politics!

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    • Roaran
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:09pm

      Paul supporters should be for having everyone up there on the ballot. All the morons will vote between Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, and Bachman; while everyone else will simply vote for Paul.

      But they can‘t be on the ballot if they don’t meet the requirements, and if it’s true that there is some fraud, hopefully they can work it out before the vote.

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    • KidCharlemagne
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:23pm

      Then they should have either changed this rule right after the 2008 GOP primary was conducted……

      …..or……

      They shoulda’ waited until after the 2012 GOP primary was conducted so that they could change it for 2016…

      Waiting until 2 months before the 2012 primary is conducted to change this rule in order to accommodate Gingrich and company just makes it look like vote-rigging on behalf of Ken Cuccinelli and the GOP in Virginia….

      This just sounds like something the liberals would do…….”Oh, we didn’t win?…..well, we’ll fix that….we’ll just change the rules of the game in midstream and have another go at it!”

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:45pm

      JustPeachy
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:46pm
      “Well, if I was a Virginian”
      Well your not a Virginian. Paul and Romney supporters worked hard in Virginia to get their Candidates on the ballot. In the America I know people that work hard are rewarded. What America do you believe in? Maybe you should join the OWS crowd.

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  • MAULEMALL
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:38pm

    http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ron_Paul%27s_1987_Resignation_Letter_to_the_RNC

    He quit the party ..He quit his constituants and he stabbed the guy in the back that got him elected and reelected..
    Who does he send his letter to when he wants to quit as potus?

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:45pm

      MAULEMALL
      Nobody really cares. Who’s wants a President that takes their marching orders from the Republican Party and not the Constitution?

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    • JustPeachy
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:48pm

      Yes, some of us care. It’s part of that “flip-flopping” he never has claimed to have done!

      “I’m a repub. . oh wait, no I’m not. . dang that didn’t work so. . . I’m a repub again, but I’ll call myself a “Libertarian!” LOL

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    • I Love Freedom
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:53pm

      Boy are you people grasping at straws…ROTFLMAO

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:14pm

      JustPeachy
      I’m so Glad you put the Party in front of the Constitution. Sounds like something right out the Soviet Union days.

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    • OneTermPres
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:29pm

      Ron Paul is and always has been a Libertarian. What you call “flip flopping” is inconsequential due to the fact that party affiliation doesn’t mean anything when you are applying the EXACT SAME voting strategies which is to only vote with the Constitution.

      Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate with any common sense and the ONLY candidate that can give us our civil liberties back and put our economy back on track and you republicans are going to screw it up.

      Here‘s what I don’t get. I read a lot of the comments and since this site came up it has been a TEA Party policies of follow the Constitution, cut spending among other things and when you blatantly get that candidate who has only voted with the Constitution and will balance the budget AND CUT SPENDING WITHOUT CUTTING ENTITLEMENTS, it’s like you people go brain dead and start buying all the “promises” these guys spit out.

      We are broke from over spending and 3 wars and NOW EVERY CANDIDATE wants to go to war with Iran. This is Iraq ALL OVER AGAIN. There are no WMD’s there and we will invade them if someone other than Ron Paul is President. Congratulations for being pro war, wear a sign so I know who to thank when we are standing in the food lines.

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    • resme
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:17pm

      Ronald Reagan: “I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism”.

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  • PapaJohannesPatriot
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:36pm

    It does not speak well of any candidate who is not aware of the election laws of each state. Someone on the campaign committees should have researched and known in advance the campaign laws for each state.

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    • cgnick
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:31pm

      Right you are. Newt himself admitted that one his folks turned in fraudulant signatures in Virginia. These candidates have fell short of the legal requirements to get their name on the ballot and now they want to challenge the validation process. Rule are rules. They should get their day in court. It does go to show that Virginians are not really a big priority for the candidates who fell short.

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  • OperationNorthwoods
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:12pm

    While these rules seem a little ridiculous, they are still the rules. Why was it that Paul and Romney were able to get on the ballot and not the others? Also the candidates that filed no paperwork didn’t even try to get on the ballot. That’s just pathetic. How could you consider yourself a credible candidate if you don’t even try to get on the ballot?

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    • cgnick
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:38pm

      Most of these candidates were just trying to sell books when they started campaigning for POTUS. The absolute dissaray of the Republican party is evident when theocrats like Santorum, Bachman and Perry are actually considered serious candidates for president. These candidates talk about basing laws on their own personal religious beliefs. That is the type rule that the first colonists were fleeing when they came to this great continent.

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:23pm

      suing is NOT a CHRISTIAN principle. making false statements is not Christian, attacking your neighbor is also frawn upon. perry, newt, bachman and santorie need HELP, GOD please help these lost souls and their followers

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  • TRILO
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:52pm

    What a bunch of cry babies.They knew what they had to do to get on the ballot. The second tier candidates such as Bachmann, Huntsman and Santorum need to worry about their own faltering campaigns not Newt and Perry’s campaign issues.

    So they cry the requirements are unconstitutional because you need too much $$$ to get signatures. You mean to tell me that Newt and Perry’s campaign organization could not get enough volunteers to go out door to door over the past several months and get enough signatures. If they could not get on the ballot it is not because of a bad policy, it is because of one of two reasons; poor campaign organization and/or the people do not support them. I would say… both.

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  • Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:47pm

    Typical politicians… They can’t do it correctly so they go crying to the courts!

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:56pm

      Yeah, the very laws they make trip them up and they whine about it. How do they think the average American feels — being regulated to death?

      I don’t care at this point. Let them all on the ballot and let the chips fall where they may.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:09pm

      Vechorik
      Well I do care. I campaigned hard to get my candidate on the ballot of VA. This just shows that these 4 are nothing but Libs, demanding to be rewarded for something they didnt work for. They are part of the so called 99% of OWSers.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Lol. Kinda’ like most of Ron Paul’s “social conservative” congressional votes are actually 10th Amendment votes, which [sidestep the actual issue at hand] and redirects the discussion to states right. He is a career politician, supported by folks who claim to oppose career politicians. BS and Shell games by a man who was MIA on far too many Constitutional issues to call himself a Constitutionalist with a straight face.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:32pm

      And what a Slap in the face to the People of Virginia.

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    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:37pm

      http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ron_Paul%27s_1987_Resignation_Letter_to_the_RNC

      He quit the party ..He quit his constituants and he stabbed the guy in the back that got him elected and reelected..

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:24pm

      MAULEMALL
      It was Paul who was one of the only people in Congress that backed Reagan.
      http://www.dailypaul.com/163624/ron-reagan-1976

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    • jcannon98188
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 5:33pm

      @MAULEMALL

      Reading the first paragraph or two, it looks like the party quit him, not the other way around. Are you so blind that you would swear total allegiance to a party that has lied and betrayed EVERYTHING that they stand for? If so, I sincerely hope you never get into politics sir.

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  • garyM
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:38pm

    I think I have finally read the tea leaves by watching the debates, Glenn Beck on GBTV and listening to the talking heads on the news. It’s gonna Romney with Huntsman was the VP!
    Romney/Huntsman
    Do you see what these guys have in common?

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:44pm

      Sure sure Gary…then they can wear their white shirts and ride bicycles around dorr to door. Get a clue.

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    • cgnick
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:43pm

      Romney is a shill for the corporate class. Huntsman is the only reasonable candidate for moderates like myself, thats why he does not have a chance in the republican party that has been highjacked by extremists. Bachman, Perry and Santorum are the American equivalent to the Taliban.

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  • sawbuck
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:30pm

    I find it very predictable that our choices are being narrowed down and leaving only two candidates for the GOP Nominee.
    Only Not by “We The People” but by added rules and regulations.
    And just because it was excused last election unconstitutional is unconstitutional..!
    Last time I checked the Constitution set the laws/requirements/limitations, for who wants to run for the POTUS.
    I wonder how many people were aware of this impending over-sight before it became a major screw-up and were silently watching with bated breath.
    As a big fan of chess ..
    The moves that are left for “We the People” are being eliminated in a expedited manor to say the least . Leaving only a few options on the table ,that by most peoples definition….
    Would be considered extreme…!

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:39pm

      So, the Republican candidates are now down to legal squabbling…..Wake me up when Obama get’s re-elected, so I will have time to evacuate to the bunker.

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    • TRILO
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:09pm

      The Constitution delegates those powers not specifically granted to the Federal government to the states. The only issue that the Constitution addresses is the electorial process. (Article II, Sect 1) Election laws and ballot requirements for primaries are not federal issues, they are states issues. Therefore each state can set their own election rules and ballot requirements.

      They did not follow the rules so they go running to the courts crying that the requirements are unconstitutional. Why did they not file a lawsuit before they were disqualified or is a law only unconstitutional if you fail in the requirements.

      If the state legislators pass “emergency” legislation to get them on the ballot I think that is an even greater miscarriage of justice… change the rules after the fact. Typical politicians helping their “friends”.

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    • circleDwagons
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 4:32pm

      the candidates are elimiting themselves. we get to see the true big government Whiners that these folks are. thank you newt……….. i remember Pearl Harbor , i also remember the Alamo.

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    • A Conservatarian
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 11:49pm

      Trilo.. it’s only unconstitutional after you fail to get all the signatures :)

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:28pm

    I find this revolting, that these men, who knew what was expected of them and failed in doing so are now whining and using attorney’s to get what they want.. so the only one on the ball was Romney and Ron Paul were the only ones on the ball… I say.. Go Mitt.. and you may shout for Paul.. it only shows me that these two men are far more serious about what they are doing than any of the others! God help us!

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  • c0mm0nsense
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:17pm

    This is something Libs do.

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  • Nanaswords
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:16pm

    It seems as though Virginia has some updating to do in their listing on ballot of candidates ! This is not the late 50′s …get with it Virginia ! Looks as though their Attorney General has some more important work to do for Virginia ! There should not be such restrictions for any nationally run candidate to appear on their ballots. Was this just another way they have had in the past to Control who runs for office ? Looks like it was a good ol’ boy network from the past ! IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD FOR VIRGINIA SO FAR>>>Get with it Ken C. This sort of Politics is just what Americans want to get rid of !

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    • KidCharlemagne
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:29pm

      Oh, but it’s “different this time”….

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:17pm

      Nanaswords
      I would think the voters of VA would know what looks best for VA. Not you, 4 elitists and a judge.

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  • AxelPhantom
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:57pm

    Virginia also has this interesting pledge that must be signed before voting for the Republican nominee:

    “I, the undersigned, pledge that I intend to support the nominee of the Republican Party for president.”

    Of course it has no enforcement mechanism, only your word as a voter…….

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:37pm

      MAULEMALL
      Nobody reall cares. Whos wants someone that takes their marching orders from the Repbublian Party and not the Contitution?

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 2, 2012 at 10:34am

      AxelPhantom
      That is not a law of the state of Virginia , that’s the Republican Parties new rules. Now this should be fun.

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  • Mr. Oshawott
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:45pm

    This is pure baloney. Those four candidates (Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Newt Gingrich) either failed to get enough votes or have willingly forgotten to file the necessary paperwork; therefore, they have only themselves to blame for their misfortune. I don’t see this lawsuit having any chance of making it. Virginia’s election system has operated the way it has for years.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:03pm

      Lets wait and see how Ron Paul rules on its constitutionality. His thoughts are best in these matters. Oh great and wonderful OZ please advise us…..

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    • I Love Freedom
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:23pm

      @ MR. OSHAWOTT

      You’re right on the money. It also shows who the MSM, Levin, Rush, Hanity are propping up, no ground support for the others. Hell, I bet all 4 of them will tell you Tuesday how right they are to do it while slamming ACORN for the same thing..LOL..I can’t wait for Tuesday

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:41pm

    Seems like some so-called small Gov R’s , or Conservatives, are FOR restrictive BIG Government rules that won’t let viable candidates participate in the REPUBLICAN Primary. Go Figure.

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  • WiredRight
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:29pm

    Just like the occupiers… these fools want something for nothing! Two candidates played by the rules and got on the ballot. Then the whining starts… It’s not fair! Sounds kinda like social justice to me.

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    • Jefferson
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:55pm

      @WIREDRIGHT
      EXACTLY RIGHT.
      These guys couldn’t get on the ballot by getting 10k signatures, so now they are trying to hijack the system put in place.
      Sounds JUST like what the current resident of the WH is doing with his NDAA “signing statements.”
      (among many other atrocities)

      That is why there is no difference between any of them. They are all showing just exactly what they would do if elected. No respect for the rule of law, and the system of checks and balances put into place, so they try to side step it. Haven’t we had enough of this nonsense?

      Ron Paul and Romney (this time) played by the rules, and accomplished what was expected of them. The other candidates are acting like a bunch of entitled spoiled brats, that think they deserve something when in reality, they didn’t do what was necessary to EARN it.
      I‘d bet my last dollar that if Romney didn’t have the money, influence, and support to get on the ballot, he would be joining with the other “brats” to sidestep the process.
      They ALL (aside from Paul) pay lip service to the rule of law, unless it somehow gets in the way of their agenda.

      Don’t get fooled again America.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:12pm

      Other than lip service what has Paul ever done? Drunk woman killing Ted Kennedy did more to push his agenda …. Paul has been nothing but mouth

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:47pm

      Republicorp…Don’t you think you would like Cuba better? I mean, they don’t talk about the Constitution all the time. Are you a c;oset commie? I think so…

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:14pm

      BADDOGGY attacking me shows how weak your argument is. Truth is, Teddy was more successful. “Will Do” is and always has been pure BS……. but the blind Bots are willing to take an IOU from a 30yr do-nothing Politician.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 7:46pm

      WiredRight
      The truth may hurt someone’s fellings, but has to be spoken.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:21pm

    As many have mentioned, watch for the Obama bands to pull off each and every trick in the book; via the support funding of Lord Soros.

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    • AhLeahIris
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:31pm

      Oh this whole thing is ridiculous, particularly when you think about the GOPs response: http://wp.me/p1HGwx-1Qe

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    • Steelhead
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:07pm

      no we should change the rules in the middle of the contest just to keep Newt from crying again.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:51pm

      Yes We should listen to Rusthead, a friend to R’s and Conservatives Everywhere

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  • gogogoff
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:20pm

    You lost, get over it, if they do over turn this, then they should refund to the Romney/Paul camps the cost of getting the 10k, cost in time and money.

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:32pm

      Do you really want just Paul & Romneycare on the ballot in VA? Wow, what a choice!

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    • gogogoff
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:45pm

      No one had a problem with the laws in 2008, if we are to be a REPUBLIC we must have laws, and we must honor those laws.

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    • c0mm0nsense
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 1:14pm

      OlefromMN
      Who are you speaking to? That’s up to the people of VA and the People of VA have already spoken. Is there no states rights left? Is the Constitution dead? These 4 Candidates are campaigning against what they are doing. They want a Judge to make law for the people of Virginia. Just 4 elitist thinking their above the rules of VA.

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 2:26pm

      @COMMONSENSE

      I posed a question for the VA voters. If they are comfortable with just 2 choices and no write-in ability, sobeit!

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    • KidCharlemagne
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 3:29pm

      OlefromMN
      Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:32pm

      Do you really want just Paul & Romneycare on the ballot in VA? Wow, what a choice!
      ================================================

      You sound like an advocate for socialism….

      Your candidate didn’t “win”….so you need to change the rules of the game in order to accommodate them….

      Spread the wealth!

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  • bikerr
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:17pm

    Let’s just get the voting over with and defeat the libs in 2012.

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  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:17pm

    Strange….

    Nobody was complaining about this rule during the 2008 Virginia GOP primary….

    So what’s different this time around?

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on January 1, 2012 at 12:08pm

    The plot thickens.

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