Friday, May 6, 2011

Charged with sorcery..........

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is mired in a political dispute with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that could result in the president's resignation, Al Jazeera English reported Friday.Link

Ron Paul hauls more than $1 million.

Ron Paul hauled more than $1 million just on Thursday via a debate-day money bomb. Paul’s presidential exploratory committee alerted his supporters to the 24-hour online fundraising via email and social networks and were able to sit back and watch $1,028,436.56 roll in.Link

Embracing his inner Dubya.

Candidate Barack Obama promised to bring change as president, but political observers on both sides of the aisle say it’s the presidency that’s changed him . . . to look more and more like the former president, George W. Bush, whose policies he once repudiated.Link

Thursday, May 5, 2011

over $700K and climbing.........

Money poured into an online "money bomb" fundraiser for Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) on Thursday ahead of a Fox News Republican presidential debate. As of 7:00pm EST, the libertarian-leaning congressman had accumulated over $700,000, according to his website. A previous "money bomb" fundraiser in February raised around $700,000 for Paul. Mercury News has described the strategy, which he often uses, as "a one-day fundraising frenzy." Paul ran for president as a the Libertarian Party's candidate in 1988. In 2008, he campaigned to become the Republican Party's presidential candidate, but was not nominated.Link

Still no front-runner..................

Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) - A new national poll indicates the race for the Republican presidential nomination remains wide-open, with none of the probable or potential GOP White House contenders above 20 percent, according to a new national poll.Link

Wednesday, May 4, 2011