GM's new CEO is a big donor to Republicans (REPORT)

As CNBC pointed out this morning, the first meeting Daniel Akerson - the incoming CEO of newly recovered car company General Motors - will have with Obama's Democratic administration should be rather interesting. There are a number of reasons as to why this is, but perhaps the most compelling is that Akerson has become known as a rather generous donor to the president's opponents. 

According to the report filed by the business network earlier today, Akerson has donated a little under $50,000 to Republican causes in the past two election cycles alone. 

In the last presidential election, it was reported, Akerson 'lavished' money on Obama's fierce rival, Arizona senator John McCain - who ultimately lost when November came around. [CNBC]

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McCain gets personal; won't work with Democrats should he be re-elected

John McCain, a the 2008 presidential hopeful who lost to Barack Obama and a senator from Arizona, has announced publicly that he would not consider working with Democrats on issues such as immigration should he be re-elected in this year's mid-term elections.

As Think Progress reports, the senator has attached himself to various far-right policies in order to garner support from a number of influential Republican voter groups. His position on border security, according to the website, is just one example of such policies.

Today however, McCain has caused further controversy when he responded to a caller on an Arizona radio show - saying he would never work with Democrats on immigration reform.

CALLER: I would like to ask Sen. McCain if he will make a promise on the air now that if we reelect him, he will not reach across the aisle, especially with Lindsey Graham, for comprehensive immigration reform. Will you not do that for the time you’re in office.

MCCAIN: Yes ma’am. … I am promising that I will try to address the issue of immigration in a way that is best for the United States of America.

Read the full report at Think Progress

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Palin is running for president - signs show

According to the watchers of the United States political world, it is clear that Sarah Palin is heading toward a 2012 bid for the presidency, after failing for the deputy job in 2008 - although the video of her announcement may just be the scariest movie I've ever seen.

In a realisation of our worst nightmare, it has been speculated that the 2008 vice-presidential hopeful and governor of Alaska will attempt to pry the country's highest office from Barack Obama - who her party (including John McCain) lost to in the last election.

All the signs - including fundraising - point to a 2012 presidential bid, argues one article which appeared on the reporting site, The Daily Beast.

"If Palin runs", reads the blockquote, "wins the nomination and then loses the general election, she could leave the Republican brand in pieces".

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