Caught this while taking a stroll through the sludge over at red state.
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Let’s help Tamyra D’Ippolito get the 500 votes she needs
Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)
Monday, February 15th at 4:13PM EST
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This could be fun. Democrats in Indiana are trying to clear the field for Brad Ellsworth to run in Evan Bayh’s spot.
Tamyra D’Ippolito is about 1000 votes short of getting her petition in for qualifying.
Those of you in Indiana should go out of your way to help Tamyra get the signatures she needs by tomorrow at noon.
Let’s help the Democrats have a contested primary too!
Gee, that sure sounds fun! Why it's almost like they're getting people to disingenuously sign petitions in order to subvert a political process.
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ktsub Monday, February 15th at 6:03PM EST (link)
Collect signatures, till they ask you to leave. Get signatures on your way out. Neighbors, friend, family…get her in the primary or the Dems will select a challenger.
The Indiana GOP, RNC and NRSC should be working on this. IN GOP candidates…get your volunteers engaged to collect signatures to get her in the Dem primary. Signatures are due Friday…go NOW.
Here is a link to the primary ballot-placement petition:
Mayhem Monday, February 15th at 4:30PM EST (link)
http://ow.ly/...
If you live in Indiana, print this off, get all your family members to sign it and then drop it off at your county clerk’s office by noon tomorrow. Word around the state is that D’Ippolito needs about 1000 signatures, especially out of the 8th district around Evansville (This is Brad Ellsworth’s seat.)
Here’s the deal:
If D’Ippolito gets on the ballot, that’s it. She’s the nominee. The Democrats won’t be able to challenge it or caucus to get another candidate on the ballot. They won’t be albe to get Ellsworth to run or any other viable Democrat. If you have time, make sure you sign the petition.
This just stinks of operation:chaos or whatever the hell the campaign was called by the talk radio crowd during the primaries.
By openly doing this, they are just continuing to blatantly show that they have no regard for decent or ethical behavior. Hopefully, should they succeed, the candidate in question, Tamyra D’Ippolito, will choose not to turn in the final papers on Friday to the SoS. I can understand her frustration having tried to get on the ballot even before the Senator dropped out but lets face it, who really wants to win the nomination because the NRSC or the IN GOP helped you out.