Posts Tagged ‘2012 Caucuses’

Last week, TheIowaRepublican.com’s 2012 caucus poll showed that Sarah Palin garnered the support of 11 percent of Iowa Republicans.  Palin’s 11 percent put her in fourth place behind Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich. Any candidate who is considering a presidential run for the first time would gladly start off in double-digits in Iowa. ... Full story

On Monday, TheIowaRepublican.com released the results of its 2012 caucus poll.  The survey included the names of ten likely candidates that have either already been traveling to the First-In-The-Nation Caucus state, or are rumored to be interested in a presidential run.  As is the case with any poll that uses a hypothetical list of ... Full story

TheIowaRepublican.com will release the results of its Battleground Poll tomorrow morning. The poll surveyed 399 Republicans across the state and asked them who their choice for the Republican nominee for president would be. TheIowaRepublican.com commissioned the poll in conjunction with Concordia Group LLC, an Iowa based public affairs company. The poll surveyed 399 Republican ... Full story

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty spent last weekend traveling the state and lending a hand to Republican candidates across the state. Pawlenty’s jam-packed itinerary included events in Dubuque, Waverly, Cedar Rapids, West Liberty, and Davenport. The focus of Pawlenty’s three-day get-a-way to Iowa was to help elect Republicans to the state legislature. Three of ... Full story

Second quarter fundraising reports show that a number of Republicans are interested in running for president in 2012.  As expected, Mitt Romney leads the way, raising over $1.5 million for his Free and Strong PAC. Romney’s haul dwarfed what his potential presidential primary opponents raised in the three-month period.  Sarah Palin, who was his closest ... Full story

Former United States Senator Rick Santorum will be in Iowa today helping Iowa Republicans.  Santorum is scheduled to attend a luncheon for the Scott County Republicans at noon before heading to Washington, Iowa, to headline a fundraising event for State Senate candidate Sandy Greiner. Santorum will be the featured guest at the State Convention lunch ... Full story

In a surprise move just days before Iowa Republicans go to the poll to nominate a gubernatorial candidate, Sarah Palin decided to weigh in and endorsed former Governor Terry Branstad yesterday. Her endorsement caught many off guard, including Branstad himself. Branstad was at a campaign event in Jefferson when news of her endorsement broke. TheIowaRepublican.com caught Branstad’s reaction to the news as his communications ... Full story

Nearly 800 people attended the Campaign for Liberty’s opening festivities on Friday night in Des Moines. Campaign for Liberty president John Tate, WHO Radio personality Jan Mickelson, and Congressman Ron Paul were the featured speakers. Congressman Paul’s plane was delayed, so Tom Woods, a New York Times bestselling author of nine books, ... Full story

Before you know it, presidential hopefuls will once again inundate the state of Iowa. If you want to get technical about it, you could easily say that we already are. Congressman Ron Paul is scheduled to speak at the Campaign for Liberty’s mid-west conference in Des Moines tonight. Newt Gingrich is planning ... Full story

In every election or campaign, there are events and other occurrences that can one can look back to and realize the significance of what transpired. For example, the stock market crash on September 16, 2008 was not only a significant day in our nation’s history, but it also had an enormous effect on the ... Full story