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With Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty coming to Des Moines next weekend, coupled with the strange dust up over Sarah Palin’s speaking fee for a speech she never intended to give, 2012 prognosticators have had plenty to keep them busy.
Now, throw former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee into the mix.

It was a mistake for his presidential campaign to skip Iowa, and it likely cost him his party’s nomination, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said in a recent interview with New York Magazine.

There has been a lot of chatter recently about which potential Republican presidential candidates might be wise to skip the 2012 Iowa Caucuses.

The 2010 Iowa Caucuses will not matter much to national politics (given the conspicuous lack of presidential candidates scurrying around), but an important precedent could be set by their scheduled date.
January 23, the date announced for the 2010 caucuses by the Democratic and Republican parties today, is a Saturday. That means that in 2012, the presidential [...]

If you are keeping score at home, you can now scratch two potential Republican presidential candidates off your list for 2012.
Last week, U.S. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nevada) admitted an extramarital affair with a staffer.
Today, in an awkward press conference after a mysterious five-day disappearance, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted that he traveled to Argentina [...]

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expected to announce today that he will not seek reelection to a third term, clearing the way for a 2012 presidential campaign that many observers think is already in the works.

Nevada Sen. John Ensign will continue to stoke the rumors of his presidential aspirations tonight when he speaks to an Iowa crowd as part of a conservative lecture series designed to define the Republican Party heading into next year’s congressional elections.
This will mark Ensign’s first trip to Iowa, and despite being more than 2 years [...]

The release of Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir next month has begun another round of “what ifs” from former advisors to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s political action committee claimed today that the recorded phone calls that were received by voters in Iowa and New Hampshire recently were paid for by someone else:
Recently, there have been some pollsters or pitchmen trading on the Sarah Palin name – taking a pulse on the Governor’s favorability. None of these [...]

According to a new study, Iowa reflects the diversity of America more than any other state and, as such, deserves its status as first-in-the-nation.
The research was presented in an article by political scientists Peverill Squire of the University of Missouri and Michael Lewis-Beck of the University of Iowa. It appeared in the January issue of [...]