Comment and the most important news links

This page contains my comments and some of the most important news articles. The complete collection of selected news is available in the sub-page 2012 news articles

Posts below are shown in order of posting, but some general time-independent ones are:
- Why we can't help but watch the US elections
Showing posts with label Ron Paul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ron Paul. Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2012

Ron Paul quietly amassing an army of delegates while GOP frontrunners spar

Paul's tightly-organised campaign is racking up delegates even in states where he did poorly in the popular vote. It's all part of a complex system that could make Paul the election kingmake
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/23/ron-paul-amasses-delegates-republican-election

Monday, January 16, 2012

Guide to the super PACs...



PAC men...
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php?cycle=2012
current top 8 by expenditure:
GroupSupports/OpposesIndependent
Expenditures
ViewpointTotal Raised
Restore Our Futuresupports Romney$7,795,104Conservative$12,231,700
Winning Our Futuresupports Gingrich$4,204,685Conservative$0
Make Us Great Againsupports Perry$3,793,524Conservative$0
Our Destiny PACsupports Huntsman$2,453,204Conservative$0
Endorse Libertysupports Paul$1,165,542Conservative$0
House Majority PAC$1,105,843Liberal$2,110,000
American Crossroads$1,064,223Conservative$6,679,887
Red, White and Bluesupports Santorum$727,200Conservative$0