Newt Gingrich started nagging Mitt Romney last week to release his tax returns even though he’s not required to do so. Governor Romney will release his 2010 returns (not enough for Newt) and his 2011 estimates today. The big surprise will be that Mitt Romney is rich and that he follows the tax laws of our country and pays 13-15% in taxes. The other surprise is that he donates more than 15% to charity (the Mormonread more…
On June 20, 2011 I wrote a post entitled Why Not Ron Paul. Since then there were several times I came close to making an endorsement of the Texas Congressman, but I still found myself hesitating. Around the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Congressman Paul stated again that the United States was to blame for the 9/11 attacks because of our presence (occupation) in the Middle East. There were of course many outcries against what Dr. Paulread more…
I was listening to a story this morning about money raised in the 2nd quarter of 2011 by GOP Presidential Candidates, and realized they mentioned Romney, Pawlenty, Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich and Santorum, but not Ron Paul. If I learned anything in the 2008 campaign, it is that Ron Paul’s ability to raise money is astounding, so I went in search of his 2nd quarter numbers for 2011. Turns out Ron Paul raised the 2nd most amountread more…
The 2012 Presidential campaign has begun, but I won’t say it’s “heating up” as the slate of candidates could not be more predictable or less inspiring. After last week’s GOP debate, I wonder why those events are still referred to as debates … the whole thing is canned, and more often than not the candidates don’t really answer the question posed to them. I have to give Congressman Ron Paul credit for being straight with hisread more…
Former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee alerted the media yesterday that he will announce on Saturday, May 14th if he will run for President in 2012. The announcement will be made live during Huckabee’s weekly Fox News television show (8pm Eastern time). If you want to know more about why I support Governor Huckabee, please read My Visit with Mike Huckabee. Personally, I want him to run, but I don’t think he will, not this time.read more…
