Good news from the Perry Campaign

And the AP shows how objective it is.

From the AP a few minutes ago:

Perry challenges exclusion from VA primary ballot

OSCEOLA, Iowa (AP) — Republican Rick Perry is challenging his exclusion from Virginia's primary ballot.

The Texas governor's presidential campaign filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Virginia in an attempt to get his name on Virginia's March 6 primary ballot. Perry failed to collect the required 10,000 signatures.

At present, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are the only GOP presidential candidates who have qualified for Virginia's ballot. Newt Gingrich also failed to gather enough signatures.

In explaining the lawsuit, Perry campaign spokesman Ray Sullivan says Virginians should be able to choose among all the candidates — not just two. Sullivan says Virginia's ballot access rules are among the most onerous in the country and that the 10,000-signature requirement is unrealistic.

But that's not exactly accurate: From the Washington Post of last week:

Gingrich, Perry disqualified from Va. primary ballot

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to submit enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, state GOP officials said Friday evening and early Saturday.

The Republican Party of Virginia announced early Saturday that Gingrich and Perry failed to submit 10,000 signatures of registered voters required to get their names on the ballot for the March 6 primary.

“After verification, RPV has determined that Newt Gingrich did not submit required 10k signatures and has not qualified for the VA primary,” the party announced on Twitter.

The rejection is a significant setback for the Gingrich campaign since he is leading the polls in Virginia among likely Republican voters and is seen as a strong contender for the nomination.

Perry’s campaign told state election officials it had submitted 11,911 signatures, and Gingrich’s campaign said it submitted 11,050 signatures. State party officials spent Friday night validating the signatures....

So in other words the Republican Party of Virginia, which really doesn't want a conservative nominated has conviently disqualified at the last moment two conservative alternatives to Romney, and leaving the choice between a RINO and a nutcase, Ron Paul.

Governor Perry, there is no such thing as bad publicity. Good luck! You have my vote come the Texas primary.