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Obama’s super PAC raised less than $60,000 in January
President Barack Obama attends a fund raising event in San Francisco, Calif.,
on Feb 16. Photo: AP.
Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supporting President Barack Obama‘s re-election campaign, only managed to raise $58,815.83 in January, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. The amount raised is considerably lower than the sums the super PACs backing Republican presidential candidates receive in donations in any particular month.
Voters challenge Santorum’s status in Indiana
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, left, failed to submit a sufficient number of signatures in one of Indiana's nine districts. The co-chairman of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's presidential campaign in the Hoosier State will be one of the officials who has to decide whether Mr. Santorum's name should remain on the ballot. Photo: Paul Sancya / AP.
Four Indiana voters decided on Monday to challenge Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum‘s status for the state’s primary, which is due to be held on May 8. Although the former Pennsylvania senator filed over 4,500 signatures in total, he only provided 492 valid signatures from registered voters in the state’s 7th district.
Dick Armey unhappy with both Romney and Gingrich
Former House majority leader Dick Armey told Candy Crowley on Sunday that former House speaker Newt Gingrich had digressed into a state of taking a second-rate campaign and turning it into a first-rate vendetta against former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Photo: CNN.
Former House majority leader Dick Armey, who was one of the guests on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ on Sunday, told the program’s host, Candy Crowley, that he was disappointed with the two Republican presidential candidates who were currently in the lead in the GOP nomination contest.