The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Newt:"Virginia ballot disaster? Did it on purpose, love a challenge. The write in campaign starts today, Thelma & Louise are handling get out the vote transportation."

    By jollyroger on Sat, 12/24/2011 - 8:59pm |

    I know that I am overworking the Thelma and Louise reference, but surely the astonishing, unprecedented, failure of a front running aspirant to get his name on an important ballot is a direct consequence of having lost his entire staff of professionals.

    I suppose there is a bit of irony in that these very same aforementioned professionals Dave Carney and Rob Johnson, jumped from Newt to Perry, who also failed in the essential housekeeping chore of ballot access management. Johnson has been on death watch since the end of November, and this fiasco can't improve his chances of longevity as campaign manager.

    We can only marvel at how quickly Newt managed to vindicate all the shit talkers who denigrated his reliability, organizational skills, and seriousness of purpose,

    Too bad, he would have been an easy general election loss. Oh, and, by the way, there's no write ins on the Virginia primary ballot. Can't anybody here play this game??

    Comments

     "the analogy is December 1941"

     

    This is reportedly what Newt actually did say, as quoted by his campaign manager on their facebook page.

    Don't fail to read the entertaining comments which if nothing else merit Newt a purple heart for submitting to multiple wounds-He'll be calling himself St. Sebastian before long.


    by jollyroger on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 4:03am

    The comments appear to be a nice representational slice of the voting public.  While there were those taking some glee in this mistake by Newt or believe it shows he is incapable of being president, there are those who will continue to support him.  Others take it as an opportunity to go after Mitt, including the one who will vote for Obama before he votes for Mitt. 

    While not being on the VA ballot is blow to achieving the nomination, VA is part of Super Tuesday so its results will be thrown in with a slew of others.  If Newt can pull off victories in places like Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, and Oklahoma, the overall narrative may still be on his side.  In the end, the importance of VA will depend a lot of the results in places like Florida, Missouri, and Michigan.


    by Elusive Trope on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 6:59am

    glee in this mistake

    That certainly describes me...


    by jollyroger on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 1:50pm

    I can't vote for Gingrich or Perry? Now who am I going to vote for in the Virginia Republican primaries?

    In all seriousness, I'm thinking about voting for Huntsman, since we do have open primaries.


    by Verified Atheist on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 8:35am

    Go with the froth, go Santorum


    by jollyroger on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 1:56pm

    I hereby exclude the primary results of Virginia from being operable in any conclusion that denies Gingrich the nomination.    


    by Oxy Mora on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 8:57am

    Anyone who quotes the report of the petition signatures is lying...


    by jollyroger on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 1:53pm

    According to Huffpo the Virginia primary is somehow linked to a 'Super Tuesday' whatever that is.

    WHAT?


    by Richard Day on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 2:39pm

    I look forward to Newt's "exit interview" with Barbara where he pimps himself for State.


    by jollyroger on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 3:33pm

    The little side kicker is that Newt's residency is in Virginia.  So this means that he can't vote for himself in this primary season.  Which begs the question, since there is no write ins (something actually I find inappropriate), for whom will he vote?  Is he more of a Mitt guy or Bachmannite?


    by Elusive Trope on Mon, 12/26/2011 - 11:07am