Candidates file signature petitions for primary ballot
Looks like there’ll be 6 candidates on the primary ballot for we Republicans. (The Dems, too, but that’s their gig.) Those candidates filing sufficient signatures for inclusion on the ballot are Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, and John McCain.
One should be very careful about reading too much into the number of signatures filed. The fact of the matter is that there was a requirement for 10,000 signatures to get onto the ballot. 10,000 or 100,000 or 1,000,000 signatures would all yield the exact same result: you’d be on the ballot. Besides, I personally know folks who signed the petition for virtually any candidate who asked them to, so there are people on Rudy’s petitions that also signed for Romney and so on. Not what you could call predictive, that’s for sure.
In any event, now that the signatures are filed the primary season will be getting underway. I, for one, am calling a moratorium on any real political activism in this house until after the Christmas holiday is done. I have far more important things to concentrate on during this season than politics. Once the new year starts, however…
Get educated on the candidates as quickly as you can and listen to what they’re saying and what they’ve said in the past. Make a decision about who you’d like to see carry the Republican banner into this election year’s battle and consider getting involved in their campaign. Any assistance you have to offer will be appreciated, I’m sure.
