Kennedy's team sends fiery letter to DHS, hinting that they may "commence an action."
As noted before - Ben Carson in 2015 got Secret Service protection, as did Haley this year. But this letter says that Rick Santorum in 2012 got Secret Service protection too. Was Santorum 2012 really more fit for secret service than RFK Jr now?
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To repeat part of what I quoted upthread:
Whether, during and within an active and competitive major party primary, the most recent average of established national polls, as reflected by the Real Clear Politics National Average or similar mechanism, the candidate is polling at 15% or more for 30 consecutive days;
Whether the candidate is the formal or de facto nominee of a major party for President or Vice President;
Whether the candidate is an independent or third-party candidate for President polling at 20% or more of the Real Clear Politics National Average for 30 consecutive day
In 2012, Santorum was polling well over 15% from January through April. Similarly, Carson was polling right behind Trump for much of 2015.
Kennedy, after bailing on the Democratic Primary he seemed unlikely to win, is running as an independent and has trouble breaking 10%.
Even if I didn't despise their vile politics, one of the right's most disgusting traits is the endless aggrieved whining when they have to follow the same rules everyone else does.
I agree that what Kennedy has been doing has been non-sensical.
He had serious hopes of winning the NH primary or at least making a more serious effort than the also-rans.
Then he bailed to not even get the Libertarian nomination, and is getting upstaged by someone who sounds like Mars Laps-instead from the planet Xena.
