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The Gingrich campaign might be able breathe a sigh of relief.
After Newt Gingrich's third event in less than 24 hours in Virginia, the former House speaker announced that his campaign has secured enough signatures to be on the ballot in the state.
"It's very exciting to be on the ballot," Gingrich told the crowd in Richmond at a "Virginians With Newt" rally.
"Under the state laws, you have to get, every single congressional district has to have about 400 signatures," he said at what appeared to be one of his smallest crowds in weeks. "So we set out to get 600 per district to make sure that we had more than enough. And we've achieved it."
"I think we're going to file something like 13 or 14 thousand signatures. You need 10 [thousand] to be on the ballot."
The campaign delivered the signatures late Thursday afternoon, a spokesman told NBC News.
NBC'S Matt Loffman contributed to this report.
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Gingrich paid for signatures. It was just an exercise in people getting signatures for 1 or 2 dollars apiece depending on how many you got.
Are you as impressed as I am?
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Gingrich paid for signatures. It was just an exercise in people getting signatures for 1 or 2 dollars apiece depending on how many you got.
Are you as impressed as I am?
Americans First I sure would am. He probably used ACORN workers. He is such a fat, greedy, lying, two faced bas-turd.
Happy Holidays, Americans First
Newton,who lives in Virginia, forgot about the filing rules in his own backyard.
But when you are peddling books full time and and running for nomination of the GOP in a marketing ploy, he had a lot on his plate. So he got it done at the eleventh hour.
Typical Republican operating procedure.
Where are all of the righties? disagreeing with everything ? Did Phine make them melt away with niceties yesterday ?
They're home having a stiff one after Boehner caved today.
eeww That came out dirty to my mind and thinking about teabaggers " A stiff one " I know you meant drink but hey what's wrong with a little double entendre ?
I knew there was something wrong with it when I wrote it. . .
I wouldn't have expected the eeww response from you, sw philly. As I recall, not too awfully long ago you threatened to take Spanky or someone to the woodshed. if they dared come meet you in Philly. Warmed my heart, it did.
Because Virginia has tougher access laws than most, paying signature collectors is pretty common. In a field this large, when party members are split among multiple candidates, I'd guess they all were buying signatures.
It's the distribution part that makes it tough. The signatures have to come from every congressional district. So even if you already have a couple active campaign offices, or even more than a couple, there's probably districts in which you don't.
Don't know for a fact but I'd be willing to bet both the president and his secretary of state paid for signature collection four years ago.
Oh, by the way, the signature collector has to be from that or a neighboring congressional district. So you can't even bus in volunteers to do the work.
Jack I wouldn't have said eeeww in person some times it is hard to express yourself in type only....I was just trying to make a joke about it ;)
sw philly,
Yeah, I know you were--and I laughed when I read it. Just teasing you back, though I meant what I said about your retort to whoever was throwing their weight around that day. One day Spanky really got after Drive-By, threatening physical violence, and it pissed me off. I stayed out of it, but my gut reaction was the same as yours.
Newt, your time as the flavor of the week has passed. Time to crawl away quietly and sell some books to pay for Callista's Tiffany habit.
And please take Gov. Perry with you.
Santorum is bubble ready as soon as they get the bubble wrap off.
"The Gingrich campaign might be able breathe a sigh of relief."
Whew.....me too.....it was starting to look like the only flavor of the week that was left was Rick Santorum!
Edit - Hey, ideology, stop typing so fast!
At the rate the GOP is going through candidates, Buddy Roemer will end up as a flavor! (But never Huntsman, I wonder why?)
Hey, JoAnne, I had to get past one of does stupid we think this might be scam and please type in the two illegible words first I get hit with all the time. GRRRR.
Buddy Roemer has joined Americans Elect.
Ideology,
I typed the word dramamine in once and took 10 minutes to get past the scam thing!
I had heard he was thinking about it. He's a cute little fella. Like his view on money in politics.
Don't really want to break it to ya ladies and gents, but I don't think we are going to see anymore republican posers.
Phine,
If ONLY he would take perry with him...
Yeah, that's happening a lot to me over the past 2 weeks. What the hell is going on? It's really aggravating.
I've been enjoying your posts, Ideology.
Thanks Jack and I yours.
does should have been spelled dohs
phinephancy-4252115
And please take Gov. Perry with you.
phinephancy ,
GOV Opps would not know how to find Virginia unless Newt holds his hand. It's a good thing Newt doesn't have a beard. Perry has a beard fetish.
I am so glad that drunk John Boehnor looked like a punk in his press interview now that he had to bring the payroll tax cut up for a vote.
Speaker John Boehnor had to blink because Mitch McConnell, the one who said his main job was to "Make President Obama A Obama Term President"; told John Bone -Aire to. The RepubliCONs have become very transparent and very nervous.
President Obama is standing strong like a tall warrior not conceding to another ridiculous hostage crisis the Republicans created .
That is what a leader looks like.
Bad Karma is coming back to the Republicans. Bad Karma is a b^%$# when it comes bad around.
Bev,
You are so right about the karma. The GOP better hang on - they are going to get what is they gave!
The Black Ninja-in-chief knows what he is doing that is fo' sho'
I think you're absolutely right, Beverly.
I could get ten thousand signatures alot faster for him not to be on the ballot...It is pretty sad their turnout at thier events....Every Dem running for Pres get thousands if not tens of thousands at every event...Because they are real people and not embarrased.....Alot of times if people do vote for the GOP candidate they don't tell anybody out of shame..They were just tricked into it anyway by Fox Nation lies
Actually you might not, most Democrats are fairly intelligent people and they know that the grinch is the easiest way to get the President re-elected.
I mean in the general of course we want O to run against him....Mittens might try to lie his way back to the middle and get some votes and make it close....If O runs against Newtie it will be a landslide like 80-84 except for the left and O will drag on his coat-tails a super majority,heck enough votes for that constitutional ammendment to get a corporation not to be a person anymore .....
Yeah bring Newtie on in November!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1