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Faust added that highlighting certain themes that resonate with donors would be key to a successful campaign...
...prominent donor said that institutions like Harvard have a special staying power—unlike many non-profit organizations that have struggled this past year in raising funds—a factor that bodes well for a coming campaign...
...conventional American presidential-campaign wisdom...
While both Romney and Pawlenty have their eyes squarely on the 2012 nomination, with active travel and media schedules and plans to campaign as Republican candidates in the midterms, they are well behind past early starters in establishing presidential operations. John Edwards, for example, launched his aggressive run shortly after Bush won re-election in 2004, heading immediately to first-in-the-nation voting states, planting stakes in Iowa, seeking key endorsements and carving out policy areas like his pet theme of poverty. There has been no comparable activity this cycle, suggesting a certain ambivalence within the potential Republican field...
Meanwhile, the other most talked-about Republican names - Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich - are cannily leaving the door open for a run, but are spending far more time on personal profitmaking enterprises than presidential campaign foundation building. And Republican élites are just as ambivalent about this trio. Palin, Huckabee and Gingrich may boast charisma and obvious appeal, but each are saddled with their own mess of flaws and failings that render them for now decidedly questionable challengers to Obama...