Just now in:

A federal judge has ruled against four GOP presidential candidates seeking a spot on Virginia’s March 6 primary ballot: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.

It’s pretty uncommon for the courts to get involved in primaries like this. Generally they leave it up to the party to fight it out. That brings up an interesting point. If there is any outrage in the GOP over this, then why doesn’t the Republican National Committee tell Virginia GOP to either allow the candidates on or they will strip them of their delegates? That’s a common practice in national politics and one that could be done here.

My guess?

The RNC doesn’t want these people to actually appear on the ballot. The establishment wants Mitt and this really helps him.