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Iowa conservatives give former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee the highest favorability rating among potential 2012 presidential candidates, according to the most recent Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.

Iowa voters are already getting phone calls about Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor and former GOP vice presidential nominee who became a household name during last year’s election, reports the Alaska blog The Mudflats.  The blog posted an approximate transcript of the calls, in which an automated voice asked listeners poll questions:

Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said at a news conference today that he will not seek his party’s nomination for president in 2012, the Associated Press reported today.
Jindal was asked if he would be was interested in being president, to which he simply replied “No.”
He elaborated that he intends to run for re-election as Louisiana’s [...]

Jindal warned Iowans and other Americans facing recovery after a natural disaster not to rely on government agencies.

“Whenever there is a decision that has to be made between a well-intentioned government regulation and the immediate needs of people, always side with people,” he said.

With former Arkansas governor and Republican caucus victor Mike Huckabee visiting Iowa Nov. 20 and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal visiting Nov. 22, it’s beginning to seem like the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination is already underway.
With that in mind, the Sioux City Journal asked 11 Republican county chairs in the conservative stronghold of [...]

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a rising star in the national Republican Party, will keynote a fundraising dinner for the Iowa Family Policy Center’s “Celebrating the Family” banquet, fueling speculation of a potential run for president in 2012.
The governor’s spokeswoman, Melissa Sellers, told The Associated Press that Jindal will attend the Nov. 22 event and also [...]

(Commentary) The conventional thinking in Democratic vice presidential speculation is that the red carpet is down, spread with few wrinkles, for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former commander in chief aspirant himself. But should Barack Obama win the Democratic nomination, Richardson, while surely on the Illinois senator’s short list, is by no means a [...]