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- Ron Paul could be a surprise victor in Ames straw poll
- Perry: I’m Going to Be Next President
- RIC airport protester, federal officials present arguments in lawsuit
| Ron Paul could be a surprise victor in Ames straw poll Posted: 13 Aug 2011 09:43 AM PDT By Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post DES MOINES, Iowa — Texas Rep. Ron Paul has long been regarded as a somewhat entertaining distraction in his two presidential races over the past four years. But, on the eve of the Ames Straw Poll, the first major organizing test of the 2012 Republican presidential race, there is a strain of thinking that Paul could seriously challenge the likes of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty for supremacy on Saturday. "He's got the supporter passion of a Bachmann with the organization of a Pawlenty," said one senior Iowa Republican strategist unaffiliated with any of the campaigns. "He builds on 2007 and the caucus last time, and I think he can turn out the 3,000 votes he needs to win." The idea of a Paul straw poll victory — while beginning to be discussed more openly — is still far from expected. Pawlenty has gone all out — organizationally and financially — to make his mark at Ames, recognizing that if he can't win or come in a very close second it could very well spell the end of his campaign. To read more, visit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/could-ron-paul-wins-the-ames-straw-poll/2011/08/12/gIQA4wn5AJ_blog.html |
| Perry: I’m Going to Be Next President Posted: 13 Aug 2011 09:41 AM PDT
Texas Gov. Rick Perry tossed his cowboy hat into the ring Saturday, putting his undefeated political record on the line in his first presidential rodeo. Perry declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination with guns blazing. After posting the announcement on his website, he told South Carolina voters in a conference call that he’s ready for a showdown with President Obama. “I full well believe I’m going to win,” he said. The announcement came ahead of a 1 p.m. planned speech at a RedState Gathering of conservative activists in Charleston, South Carolina. At the same time, his GOP rivals are competing in the Iowa Straw Poll, the first time Republican voters will make their preference known. Perry’s planned speech was largely a formality, since his top advisers signaled earlier this week he would use the appearance to make his plans official. But his speech nonetheless was expected to draw considerable attention away from the Iowa Straw Poll, an important measure of support in the nation’s first caucus state, in which former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann hoped to boost their candidacies. The RedState Gathering in South Carolina, another key early battleground state, was originally expected to draw about 400 people. But Katon Dawson, a former state GOP chairman and Perry supporter, said news of Perry’s planned announcement had drawn many more activists to travel to the event. “I have never seen this landslide of emotion for a candidacy. I cannot literally keep up with the emails and messages coming into my cellphone,” Dawson said. “There is an excitement for Gov. Perry that there just isn’t around the other candidates.” To read more, visit: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/13/perry-to-announce-candidacy-for-gop-presidential-nomination/ |
| RIC airport protester, federal officials present arguments in lawsuit Posted: 13 Aug 2011 09:11 AM PDT By: REED WILLIAMS, The Richmond Times Dispatch Authorities involved in the arrest of a protester who removed his shirt and pants at a security checkpoint at Richmond International Airport were doing their jobs and acted appropriately, a government attorney argued Wednesday in Richmond federal court. Carlotta P. Wells, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, argued in favor of a motion to dismiss Aaron B. Tobey’s lawsuit, which claims his constitutional rights were violated. Wells said Tobey had made his point by removing his shirt to display words from the Fourth Amendment written on his torso but went too far when he disobeyed a command to pass through a security scanner. But Anand Agneshwar, an attorney representing Tobey in his lawsuit against airport and federal officials, said the 21-year-old Charlottesville man obeyed the commands of authorities. Agneshwar said it was the authorities who went too far by detaining Tobey for 90 minutes or longer with his hands cuffed behind his back. “This was one long process to determine if this gentleman was a security risk,” Agneshwar told U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson. Hudson said he hopes to rule on the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the next two weeks. The judge also set a trial date for Jan. 18. To read more, visit: http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/aug/11/tdmet01-ric-airport-protester-federal-officials-pr-ar-1231274/ |
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