Sandy Frank had access to the nominations as they came in and made his after the others were made, and Jim has made it clear that he decided to run ONLY AFTER and BECAUSE OF the actions of Mr. Cain and Dr. Frank, when they were confirmed by Bill Oberdieck, NC Chairman and D VII VP... much too late for the normal nominating process.

Exactly why the nominations made by Dr. Frank were withdrawn DURING the NC meeting remains a mystery. I suppose there are many hypothetical answers possible.

JR