I ran for president twice in 2004 and 2008, in an attempt to truly protect and defend the Constitution by ending perpetual war, stopping government intrusion into Americans' private lives, and transforming America's role in the world so that we would have the capacity for a true domestic agenda of national prosperity.   

I understand the tactics of the DNC and their media counterparts. I understand how they attempt total control of the nomination process, and attempt to silence opposition in order to advance internal and institutional agendas, which are destructive to our nation. 

The meltdown of the 2024 nomination process began in August of 2022 when the Democratic National Committee (DNC) declared unity for the re-election of President Biden, heading off any challengers, and then, that December, approved rules so onerous as to make an effective run inside the party impossible.  

Rules were crafted so minutely that no viable alternative to the President could emerge. Party leaders in a dozen states had discretion as to whether to even recognize another campaign.  

Some states' leaders declared early support for Biden, far ahead of a primary or caucus, to short-circuit  other candidates' ballot access and fundraising. Endless barriers were put in place by the DNC, state by state, including guidelines that state party plans could be revised at any time.

The State of New Hampshire's legendary "First in the Nation" primary status was eclipsed in 2024, as was the historic role of Iowa's first caucus.  That Biden finished 5th in New Hampshire with 8.4% and 4th in Iowa with 15.8% in 2020 was not a factor, said the DNC.

The DNC crafted a rule that if a candidate campaigned in violation of the rule, including appearances or even internet ads in New Hampshire or Iowa, they would not receive their pledged delegates, even if he or she came in first. It's called losing for winning. 

This rule adversely affected the Democratic candidacies of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Marianne Williamson and, later on, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), and gave rise to Kennedy Jr.'s switch from rallying as a "Kennedy Democrat" to his independent run. Williamson continues her run inside the party.

The DNC claimed such broad privileges to rig an election derived from a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Democratic Party v. Wisconsin, which prohibited cross-over voting in primaries, and, most importantly, derived from the precedent of Cousins v. Wigoda. The Court held there that the Constitution's First and Fourteenth Amendments barred judicial intrusion into party affairs: "…the courts may not interfere on the ground that they view a particular expression as unwise or irrational."