Tag: Rick Perry

Republican Candidate Fundraising Shows Who’s Up, Who’s Down And Who Might Be On The Way Out

Republican Candidate Fundraising Shows Who’s Up, Who’s Down And Who Might Be On The Way Out

WASHINGTON — The Republican presidential primary is heading into the home stretch before voters get to select which of the nine major candidates will get to face President Barack Obama next November. The release of the candidates’ third-quarter campaign finance reports on Friday and Saturday helps to illuminate which candidates are overperforming their goals and [...]

October 17, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Rick Perry raises $17.2 million to lead GOP field, but cracks emerge

Rick Perry raises $17.2 million to lead GOP field, but cracks emerge

WASHINGTON — Despite a late entrance into the Republican presidential primary, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has reported an impressive $17.2 million in campaign donations from his Aug. 13 announcement through the end of September, according to a disclosure report filed with the Federal Election Commission on Saturday. A closer look at the numbers brings out [...]

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Michele Bachmann pledges border fence with mexico, blasts Rick perry over immigration

Michele Bachmann pledges border fence with mexico, blasts Rick perry over immigration

PERRY, Iowa — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday signed a pledge to push for construction of a fence along the entire length of the border with Mexico, raising the issue of undocumented immigration in an Iowa town where about one third of the residents are Hispanic. Bachmann also renewed her attacks on the immigration [...]

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Anita Perry, Rick Perry’s wife, blames Obama administration for son losing job

Anita Perry, Rick Perry’s wife, blames Obama administration for son losing job

Anita Perry, the wife of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, said she sympathized with the unemployed Friday because her son resigned from his job at Deutsche Bank to campaign for his father, reports CNN. “He resigned his job two weeks ago because he can’t go out and campaign with his father because of SEC regulations,” she [...]

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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For October, 2011

The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For October, 2011

This week, the GOP candidates who are recognized by the media once again gathered for another debate — this one hosted by Bloomberg News and the Washington Post. And everyone sat around a table, which was neat! And all of the questions had to do with the economy, which was substantive! And Rick Perry had [...]

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Rick Perry refuses to disavow Robert Jeffress, stands by wife’s ‘brutalized’ remarks

Rick Perry refuses to disavow Robert Jeffress, stands by wife’s ‘brutalized’ remarks

Texas Gov. Rick Perry blitzed the morning shows ahead of a jobs speech Friday in Pittsburgh, Pa., trying to deflect attention away from his falling poll numbers and association with Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress and toward his jobs plan. In multiple appearances, Perry said that polls go “up and down,” and that he remained unconcerned [...]

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Clashes between the young and the old: the right wing’s war on the young

Clashes between the young and the old: the right wing’s war on the young

With the GOP primaries approaching, the Republicans have presented an array of politicians, with a revolving cast of front-runners. Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has remained at the top throughout, but, until recently, the identity of his main challenger was a volatile matter. At one point, as many have probably already forgotten, it was Donald [...]

October 15, 2011 | 0 Comments More
State pension age rise of 67 brought forward by up to a decade

State pension age rise of 67 brought forward by up to a decade

The state pension age is to rise to 67 for both men and women many years earlier than planned – possibly as soon as 2025. This means millions of people currently in their 50s will have to work a year longer than they expected. Whitehall sources said an announcement could come as early as next [...]

October 14, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Del Boy conman Trevor Wales caught out after stuffing £5k in wife’s knickers

Del Boy conman Trevor Wales caught out after stuffing £5k in wife’s knickers

A real-life Del Boy was exposed after £5,000 hidden in his wife’s underwear fell out as she was questioned by police. Conman Trevor Wales, 54, who even had a replica three-wheel reliant with the name Trotter scrawled across the back, was jailed after police exposed his family fake goods scam. Wales was caught selling knock-off [...]

October 14, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Legendary Comedian Professor Irwin Corey begs for money on work New York despite living in $3.5m home (but it’s all for charity)

Legendary Comedian Professor Irwin Corey begs for money on work New York despite living in $3.5m home (but it’s all for charity)

Hobbling along between cars in his walker, asking for change and proffering free newspapers in return, it is hard to believe he was once known as ‘The World’s Foremost Authority’. Professor Irwin Corey, comedian, actor and left-wing political activist, strolls along Manhattan’s East 35th Street pan-handling every day, seven days a week, for the last [...]

October 14, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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