Posted on 02/16/2011 9:37:15 AM PST by bigred08
The pursuit of endorsements from Iowa’s key GOP politicians creates a new dynamic for presidential candidates. Unlike the 2008 Caucus, when Steve King was the only major elected office holder who offered an endorsement, Iowa has four top Republican officials who could play a key role in 2012. Last week’s news that Senator Charles Grassley plans to endorse a candidate as early as this summer has campaigns angling for his affection.
The key to an impactful endorsement is whether or not it comes with the full political weight of the endorser. Will the endorser’s staff, advisors, donors, and top volunteers also get involved? Will the endorser make calls to activists and try to sway their opinion? Those are questions the endorsee must ask or it is not worth their time and effort.
With that in mind, here are the four key Iowa GOP politicians that presidential candidates will be courting over the next several months, who they might back, who they probably won’t back, and what their endorsement could mean.
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I hope it’s the only non-gay one , Ron Paul.
A lot of us are fed up with Rinos in Iowa determining the next Republican loser for president.
Hopefully, the conservative republicans will just ignore this pimple on the road to being a president.
Ummm....no.
God help us if it’s him.
Our only hopes are Romney, Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels and maybe Jon Huntsman./s
Move on, get hip, the others are a gaggle of compromised new ‘vorld order ( insert derogatory term here
Don’t worry. He didn’t get mentioned in connection with any of the 4. lol
RINO’s in Iowa and RINO’s in New Hampshire: two groups which should be ignored.
We don’t have a RINO problem exactly here in Iowa. We do in the respect that we have a big block of religious conservatives who’ll vote for the person who says ‘Jesus’ the most. That’s why they picked the Schumckabee last time and Robertson in the 80’s.
This time? I don’t know. I think it’s a free-for-all-here right now.
That said, Iowa isn’t all that important. It’s more a testing ground. It’s important for the candidate who’s a rising start to make a name and get some momentum. It’s a killer for front runners like Romney who had to blow alot of dough and effort to come on 2nd after a big hype that he’d win. But we only pick the winner of the whole shebang about 1/2 the time or less on the GOP side.
The GOP will nominate Romney to face the annointed one...bet on it.
Love her, & Ron Paul, & anyone uncompromised, & no I wasn’t considering her “as one of the guys.â€
If you say “Jesus” and “ethanol” in the same sentence, people faint,too.
If it’s Romney, we’re going to get our asses kicked.
Not being on their radar is NOT a good thing! :)
Yep, true conservatives will stay home.
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