The Iowa Republican is out with its first 2010 assessment of the prospective field of 2012 GOP presidential candidates. Sarah Palin leads the list. Here's an excerpt:
Palin’s brand of politics should play well with Iowa Republican. The most difficult task for any presidential candidate in Iowa is getting in front of enough Iowans who will participate in the First-in-the-Nation caucuses. Palin will have no trouble attracting a crowd wherever she goes in Iowa.The rest of IR's top ten in order: Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, John Thune, Mitch Daniels and Rick Perry.
Palin could also give Mike Huckabee a run for his money if he decides to run again when it comes to lining up support from the GOP base in Iowa. Palin would potentially have the ability to attract women from all political persuasions to her campaign. Part of the trick to winning the Iowa caucuses is finding a way to bring new people into the process, which is another thing that Palin will not have trouble with. She has the potential to attract new women to the process while also appealing to the conservative base of the Republican Party, a powerful combination in Iowa.
Read the full analysis here.
- JP
I still find it funny how everyone is throwing out names, especially names no one but political junkies, have ever heard of, such as Mitch Daniels, John Thune. It's as if the RNC is essentially playing the "anyone but Palin" game. She represents as much of a threat to their cushy jobs, their inside the beltway cocktail parties, and desire to keep their hands in the till, as she does to the dems and their radical agenda.
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