By Richard Winger The Republican Party has invited fourteen Republican presidential candidates to its Sunshine Summit held November 13-14. Candidates who are invited, and who appear at this fund-raiser, are put on the party’s presidential primary automatically. Others must either pay a filing fee of $25,000 or complete a very difficult petition process.
The Florida Republican Party did not invite former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore, nor did it invite Mark Everson, IRS Commissioner under President Reagan. These two candidates are recognized as bona fide Republican presidential candidates by the Republican National Committee.
The Florida Republican Party says it didn’t invite Gilmore or …read more