◼ Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer ended his quixotic bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, announcing that he would run as an independent and attempt to secure the nominations of Americans Elect and the Reform Party. - Daily Caller
Speaking from the headquarters of the video live stream website Yowie in Santa Monica, Calif. — a place he described as “a lot like Louisiana, just not as much fun… the weather’s good, but you know, they don’t know Mardi Gras here. … Everybody’s a little sophisticated and either untight, or very uptight” — Roemer announced his new plan, and spoke to The Daily Caller afterward.
Roemer’s biggest problem, he explained, was not being allowed to participate in any one of the debates.
“I’m not trying to put the Republican Party down, but you cannot run for president and be shut out of all 23 national televised debates,” Roemer explained.
“I mean you get one percent in the polls, and they say it needs to be two percent; and you get two percent, and they say you need to raise a half a million dollars,” Roemer went on.
