2011 Irish presidential election "foisted on him and he had not known anything about it and what it would involve". This followed unease among Fianna Fáil parliamentary party Oireachtas members, with a number unhappy that a candidate was being imposed by the leadership without discussion. On 16 August 2011, the "Irish Examiner" reported that Micheál Martin had moved to pull the party out of the presidential race over the fallout from the approach to Gay Byrne, the cost involved and the slim chance of a candidate being elected. On 24 August, however, the party's deputy leader Éamon Ó Cuív told Raidió na Gaeltachta that
Thaddeus McCotter 2012 presidential campaign who enjoy rock music. "Bloomberg Businessweek" described his celebrity as a "tiny cult following of insomniac conservatives." Speculation about a presidential run began several months after the release of his February 2011 book "Seize Freedom! American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age". The first instance occurred during the April 22 episode of "Red Eye", where host Greg Gutfeld asked McCotter to enter the presidential race. Five days later, political commentator and fellow "Red Eye" frequenter S. E. Cupp listed McCotter as a potential candidate in her "Daily News" column. McCotter confirmed in May that he was seriously considering a