Is $300K enough to become next Iraqi prime minister?

IraqSlogger reports that Iyad Allawi, believed to be positioning himself to be Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s successor, “is paying Washington lobbyists with close ties to the White House $300,000 to help with Allawi’s efforts in the U.S. to promote himself and undermine Maliki.” Former intel official Bruce Reidel raised further questions about Allawi’s funding: “He doesn’t have that kind of money. … Somebody’s paying for it, and it’s not him.”