GOP 2012 Presidency

[vvvvvvv]

By golly it appears you are right. In the past, I had referenced this from OK State Election Board:

http://www.ok.gov/elections/faqs.html#q628



Your posted prompted me to do some additional research. It appears that info is outdated, as a SCOTUS case back in 2005 closed the primary:

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/analysis.aspx?id=15307



Now I am confused why the OK.gov site states "For 2008 and 2009, permission was not granted" when the court case states the primaries must be closed ?? It seems this information is moot, as even if permossion was granted the court decision prohibits Independents from receiving a primary election ballot.

I deleted my post because it is technically incorrect. 26 O.S. 104 does allow parties to open their primaries to Independents only. Clingman v. Beaver only said that the Libertarian Party could open its primary to Independents, but not Republicans or Democrats as they had wished.

I still believe that disenfranchises voters who must register as a Republican or Democrat in order to vote in their local elections. In my opinion, if it is a one-party race with two or more candidates, then the two candidates with the highest votes in the primary should be on the General Election ballot even though they are from the same party.

That would allow those of us who wish to register as Independents for principles to still have a voice in our local elections.

 

[OldBlackChevyTruck]

Ron Paul '12

 

[CHenry]

Ron Paul '12

Is Ron going to be in the race?

 

[RidgeHunter]

I actually don't agree with Ted on many things, but damned if it wouldn't make state of the union addresses watchable!

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Or we could just stick a cardboard cutout of this guy behind the desk. It couldn't do that much worse.

 

[JB Books]

Newt would be good. After all, the only time we had an on-budget surplus in recent memory was because of him.

Or maybe because of Bill Clinton. However, I do like Newt. He is a pragmatist.

 

[WhiteyMacD]

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And whoever is against this I'll kiss upside the cranium with my aluminum baseball bat...

 

[andrsnsm]

Whoa, wait a minute! If JB likes Newt maybe he IS electable after all! Newt!

 

[RickN]

Or maybe because of Bill Clinton. However, I do like Newt. He is a pragmatist.

Clinton had nothing to do with it. Congress does the budget. Same as the spending that gets blamed on Bush and even Obama is really the fault of congress.

As for those mentioned at this time I prefer Jindal, but I would vote for almost anybody instead of Obama including Palin or Kermit the frog.

 

[vvvvvvv]

Clinton had nothing to do with it. Congress does the budget. Same as the spending that gets blamed on Bush and even Obama is really the fault of congress.

As for those mentioned at this time I prefer Jindal, but I would vote for almost anybody instead of Obama including Palin or Kermit the frog.

Unless the spending bill was vetoed and then passed by Congress via override, the President's hands are still part of it.

 

[RickN]

Unless the spending bill was vetoed and then passed by Congress via override, the President's hands are still part of it.

As a figurehead yes and they sometimes even get a few things they want in the budget, but 99% of the budget spending process is congress. To place the blame on any president is foolish. Yes I know that places the blame on just as many Republicans as it does Democrats but it is how our system works.