Posted on 01/27/2015 6:18:28 AM PST by cotton1706
Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, who famously skipped Iowa in the 2012 Republican presidential race by saying the state "picks corn, not presidents," has since admitted he was wrong. "You gotta play Iowa," Huntsman said on "Morning Joe" recently, adding: "You don’t have to win [in] Iowa, but you have to get the top four."
Huntsman is right. Skipping states in this political-media world is simply unworkable. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's decision in 2008 not only to skip Iowa but also, inexplicably, to take a pass on New Hampshire ensured that by the time the race got to Florida -- his "must win" state -- he was already irrelevant. Ditto Huntsman in 2012. He couldn't capture enough media attention outside of Iowa to make his chances in New Hampshire anything but slim.
And yet, as this past weekend's 2016 cattle call hosted by conservative Rep. Steve King showed, winning Iowa -- or even running well there -- may require candidates to take positions that are, at best, problematic for them if they wind up being the party's nominee. Here's how NBC's "First Read" described that issue: "A substantial number of potential Republican presidential candidates paid political homage to one of the most hostile voices to undocumented immigrants in the country: Steve King. . . . It's significant these folks all showed up at King's confab."
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All their efforts to move the republican party toward the good old days of Gerald Ford and Tom Dewey have failed!
Fixed.
he and his daughters got plenty of media attention, but nobody was fooled
exactly
the whole article is written as if the american people want more illegal immergrants, when nothing could be further from the truth.
El Jefe Jeb and Mittens have skipped Iowa.
Jeb’s candidacy is premised on the theory he can win the nomination without conservatives.
We’ll see if ignoring the Right pays dividends for the establishment GOP in 2016.
The title needed fixin'.
Oh the arrogance!
One historian wrote that Rome fell because the leadership class in Rome were so occupied with their intrigues/ partying/whoring/self enrichment that they completely ignored the republic.....history rhymes
Jebs push will be in the more liberal New Hampshire primary. A win there will have the Republican media going bat crap crazy for Jebie the Bush.
A Walker or Cruz as nominee will not be tolerated by the liberal Republican party and the numerous open primaries are so rigged to make sure this does not happen. However it would be interesting to see lots of democrats cross over and vote for a Cruz or Walker in these open primaries in the wild hope they would be easier for the Hag from Arkansas to beat in the general. Watching the Republicans heads explode on tv and their FR drones would be hilarious.
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