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12-20-2011, 09:48 AM
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111220/OPINION01/312200042/0/news01/?odyssey=nav|head
Gov. Terry Branstad for vice president? Now we know just how much Mitt Romney wants to win Iowa.
Branstad said Monday that former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole called him over the weekend to say he was endorsing Romney.
During the call, the two-time Iowa caucus winner said he’d like to recommend Iowa’s governor for veep.
“I said, ‘I’m not interested,’ ” Branstad said, according to the Register’s Tony Leys. “I was flattered, and said, ‘That’s not something I ever even thought of.’ ”
When someone in politics says they’re not interested in running for a higher office, it means precisely nothing. That goes double when the politician in question is the one who brings up the idea without being asked.
That a high-profile surrogate would dangle the notion probably says more about Romney than Branstad, however. Romney, after saying he’d like to win Iowa, is trying to generate some upward momentum. He’s spent most of the past couple of weeks trying to beat out a Newt Gingrich brush fire, and recent polls suggest Ron Paul is starting to build a head of steam.
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Gov. Terry Branstad for vice president? Now we know just how much Mitt Romney wants to win Iowa.
Branstad said Monday that former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole called him over the weekend to say he was endorsing Romney.
During the call, the two-time Iowa caucus winner said he’d like to recommend Iowa’s governor for veep.
“I said, ‘I’m not interested,’ ” Branstad said, according to the Register’s Tony Leys. “I was flattered, and said, ‘That’s not something I ever even thought of.’ ”
When someone in politics says they’re not interested in running for a higher office, it means precisely nothing. That goes double when the politician in question is the one who brings up the idea without being asked.
That a high-profile surrogate would dangle the notion probably says more about Romney than Branstad, however. Romney, after saying he’d like to win Iowa, is trying to generate some upward momentum. He’s spent most of the past couple of weeks trying to beat out a Newt Gingrich brush fire, and recent polls suggest Ron Paul is starting to build a head of steam.
more at link