"The Presidential committee never met so there was no staff work, and the girlfriend dumped me within a month," he said.

He formed a presidential exploratory committee on April 13, 2011.

He also was a consultant to a Presidential advisory committee on technological issues.

In 1986 alone the party estimated that it collected $10,250 from the Presidential committees.

Some candidates only recently set up formal Presidential committees and so were not required by law to file financial reports.

- be forming his own presidential exploratory committee over the weekend.

On Feb. 15, a presidential committee approved eight proposals for new courses.

To set up a Presidential committee is, in theory, to make a firmer declaration of plans to be a contender.

He opened his presidential exploratory committee on Jan. 16.

So can any of the other 16 people who have set up presidential exploratory committees speak a language other than English?