Core Competencies

It's hard not to laugh at the fact that four of the six GOP presidential candidates, including Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry, failed to submit the necessary paperwork to get on the ballot for Virginia's upcoming primary election. Over the last year or so, the GOP presidential candidates have been very persistent (some would say strident) in their questioning of President Obama's competency. It seems to me that if this is going to be the fulcrum of your leap to paint yourself as the best replacement for the current President, actually getting your name onto the ballot in every state is the bare minimum level of competency that you should be able to demonstrate to voters. Admittedly, I'm already unlikely to vote for any of them, even the seemingly sane Jon Huntsman, but things like this make me wonder why any sensible person would.