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...Iowa Straw Poll a few weeks ago, just about every Republican presidential candidate who mentioned the war in Iraq cited an op-ed piece in the "liberal" New York Times written by two military analysts from the "liberal" Brookings Institution. They had just returned from a brief tour of Iraq where they saw many of the same things I saw on a similar trip in June. They saw the success our military has had in turning Sunni tribes against extremists from al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) but then extrapolated wildly, saying this was a war we "just might win." Predictably...
Like his rivals - Senator John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani - who skipped the Ames, Iowa straw poll for G.O.P. candidates last week, Thompson jetted into Des Moines and spent a couple of hours at the fair before heading off again. While pressing the flesh, he made sure to dismiss criticism that he has been waiting too long to enter the race. "I wasn't around when they made those rules and I'm not abiding by them," he said during a brief speech at the traditional fair soapbox. "We've got plenty of time...
...While Iowa Republicans may be open to his candidacy, Thompson's late entry into an already crowded field of eight of candidates may present a logistical challenge, said Cary Covington, an associate professor of American politics at the University of Iowa. "He's looking at trouble because Iowa's a caucus state," Covington said. "Caucuses are won by grassroots organizing among county party officials. The other Republican candidates have long been busily getting these party officials to choose up sides and I don't know how many are left as free agents...
...least initially, was the crush of media that surrounded him - his handlers kept barking at the press to stop asking questions. And Thompson took 30 minutes to collect himself in private after his first hour at the fair. He was visibly relieved when he met up with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican who has yet to endorse a candidate and later showed him around the fair...
...Obama will participate, five are so-called sanctioned events, endorsed by the Democratic National Committee on behalf of the candidates, in an attempt to limit the total number. Obama also plans to appear at a debate on Sept. 9 in Florida sponsored by Univision, plus two December debates in Iowa. Plouffe said that the campaign is open to additional debates in late December, right before the earliest caucus and primary voting begins...