281 Strong For Fred!

This is hilarious:

According to the Department of Elections, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee have been certified to be on the Delaware primary ballot on Feb.5th.

Unfortunately, Fred Thompson fell short of the 500 signature mark, and will not be on the ballot.

I know Delaware is a small state, but seriously? You couldn't find five HUNDRED people?

It gets better:

UPDATE: Jason Bonham at Race42008.com is reporting that the DOE said Thompson only had 281 out of 500 signatures, and that most of their signatures were rejected because they were not registered Republicans.

I think this is a terrible disenfranchisement of such noble Delawarians as Phil McCracken and Oliver Closeoff.

This news will go nicely with the new poll that shows Thompson behind the mentally ill Tom Tancredo in New Hampshire.

Do you get the feeling that Freddie might not be taking the whole Presidentin' thing seriously?