sailingaway
08-02-2011, 06:54 PM
http://uselectionnews.org/paul-asks-what-is-romney-afraid-of-in-straw-poll-donor-memo/854703/
takeaway quote:
Paul asks, “What is Mitt Romney afraid of?” but Romney is still the frontrunner, and it remains to be seen what his avoidance of Iowa will do to his campaign, as he has far out-raised all of his current rivals combined, a point which candidates such as Paul are quick to go up against, as much of Romney’s money is not from the grassroots America, but from major corporations and organizations uninhibited by the Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United decision in January of 2010.
The necessity of Iowa is more key for campaigns such as former Senator Rick Santorum’s, and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who have both held up the bottom of the pile when it comes to polling results and financial strength. It’s also a bipartisan campaign-killer, in 2008 Iowa delivered fatal blows to the Democratic campaigns of Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and then-Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, who decided to abandon their White House runs after struggling in last election cycle’s Iowa Caucus. On the right side of the aisle, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took in only 4% of the Iowa vote in the caucus, after choosing to campaign instead in Florida to make a hopefully impressive appearance in the Super Tuesday Primaries. He finished third, and withdrew his Presidential bid soon after. In 2008, Paul took fifth place in Iowa, with 10% of the vote, behind Fred Thompson and John McCain, each with 13%. He currently ranks consistently in the top tier in many recent Presidential Primary polls, much better than in 2008, when he was considered very much a long-shot.
takeaway quote:
Paul asks, “What is Mitt Romney afraid of?” but Romney is still the frontrunner, and it remains to be seen what his avoidance of Iowa will do to his campaign, as he has far out-raised all of his current rivals combined, a point which candidates such as Paul are quick to go up against, as much of Romney’s money is not from the grassroots America, but from major corporations and organizations uninhibited by the Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United decision in January of 2010.
The necessity of Iowa is more key for campaigns such as former Senator Rick Santorum’s, and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who have both held up the bottom of the pile when it comes to polling results and financial strength. It’s also a bipartisan campaign-killer, in 2008 Iowa delivered fatal blows to the Democratic campaigns of Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and then-Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, who decided to abandon their White House runs after struggling in last election cycle’s Iowa Caucus. On the right side of the aisle, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took in only 4% of the Iowa vote in the caucus, after choosing to campaign instead in Florida to make a hopefully impressive appearance in the Super Tuesday Primaries. He finished third, and withdrew his Presidential bid soon after. In 2008, Paul took fifth place in Iowa, with 10% of the vote, behind Fred Thompson and John McCain, each with 13%. He currently ranks consistently in the top tier in many recent Presidential Primary polls, much better than in 2008, when he was considered very much a long-shot.