Why is Buddy Roemer not in the Republican debates?

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Dennis S wrote:
He's trying to run for president. He's the former governor of Louisiana, has two degrees from Harvard, doesn't look like a freak, isn't a huge crook (officially, anyway), is a Methodist, is not a Mormon, hasn't proposed anything as nutty as 9-9-9, can probably name a magazine he reads, etc. Come on.

Edit: I know the official reason about not getting over a threshold in polls, but he's a better and less embarrassing candidate than over half of the clowns in the Clown Car.

He's not in because he's guilty of an inexcusable offense, an offense no Presidential candidate from either party is allowed to commit; he failed to raise money.

This rule doesn't apply to self-financed candidates like Romney and Cain or candidates in it just to make a buck -read Gingritch and now Bachmann. If they can get people to give them money that donors know will end up in the candidates personal account, why can't Buddy come up with some semi-serious bucks.

Makes him a not serious candidate in the eyes of those who trade money for influence.