| Notes from
2005-06
2005-06 Photos: "Hawkeye Happenings" |
Iowa Visits
2006
13 Republican
prospects
made a total of 55 visits totaling 82 days. 11
Democratic prospects made a total of 50 visits totaling 71 days.
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GILMORE ROMNEY |
TANCREDO |
ROMNEY ALLEN |
GINGRICH |
GINGRICH ROMNEY PATAKI HAGEL |
BROWNBACK ALLEN ROMNEY |
McCAIN ROMNEY FRIST |
PATAKI McCAIN ROMNEY BROWNBACK FRIST ROMNEY FRIST |
THOMPSON GILMORE FRIST ROMNEY PATAKI |
BROWNBACK McCAIN GILMORE THOMPSON ROMNEY |
THOMPSON GIULIANI THOMPSON THOMPSON |
BROWNBACK THOMPSON HUNTER GILMORE BROWNBACK ROMNEY |
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BAYH EDWARDS |
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WARNER FEINGOLD |
CLARK BAYH EDWARDS |
EDWARDS |
EDWARDS WARNER FEINGOLD BAYH KERRY |
EDWARDS BIDEN BAYH BIDEN RICHARDSON BIDEN WARNER BIDEN FEINGOLD |
KERRY BAYH OBAMA WARNER BIDEN OBAMA CLARK BAYH > |
KERRY CLARK KERRY WARNER EDWARDS KERRY DODD BIDEN |
EDWARDS |
EDWARDS |
2005
8 Republican
prospects
made a total of 22 visits totaling 34 days.
Former
House Speaker Newt Gingrich spent the most time in Iowa, 7 days, while
Gov. George Pataki (4 visits, 6 days), Sen. Sam Brownback (4 visits, 5
days), Gov. Mike Huckabee (3 visits, 5 days), Rep. Tom Tancredo (3
visits,
5 days) and Gov. Mitt Romney (3 visits, 3 days) all made multiple
visits.
7
potential Democratic candidates made a total of 12 visits
totaling
19
days. Former Sen. John Edwards (4 visits, 6 days) and Sen. Evan
Bayh
(2 visits, 5 days) led Democratic prospects.
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GINGRICH |
PATAKI ROMNEY HUCKABEE |
BROWNBACK TANCREDO |
HUCKABEE BROWNBACK TANCREDO |
HUCKABEE FRIST PATAKI ROMNEY GINGRICH HAGEL |
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EDWARDS |
RICHARDSON |
EDWARDS CLARK > |
EDWARDS |
BAYH |
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2004
Two visits in Dec. 2004
(Kerry, Brownback).
Leadership PAC: Campaign Precursors
Many of the presidential
prospects had leadership
PACs with people on the ground or supporters in Iowa.
| -Leadership PACs of prospective Democratic candidates had the option of acquiring the Voter Activation Network, a voter file offered by the Iowa Democratic Party--for a price. For 2006 the IDP offered a special deal wherein those interested could acquire the VAN for a reduced price of $50,000 (off from the regular price of $75,000). Four prospects' PACs took advantage of this offer by the July 15, 2006 deadline: those of Sen. Chris Dodd, former Sen. John Edwards, Gov. Tom Vilsack and former Gov. Mark Warner. |  |
Independent Activity
Blogs in Support of '08
Prospects
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| Iowans
for Huckabee
www.iowansforhuckabee.blogspot.com First posting on
Aug. 1,
2006.
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Straight
Talk Iowa Style www.mccainiowa08.blogspot.com
First
posting on July 29, 2006.
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Iowans
for Romney
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iowansforromney.blogspot.com Jeff Fuller of North Liberty. First posting on May 5, 2006. July 13, 2006 grab |
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for Edwards
www.iowaforedwards.com Joshua Brown of Indianola. First posting on Aug. 10, 2006. Sept. 11, 2006 grab |
Iowa for
Feingold (+)
iowafeingold.blogspot.com Patrick Stansberry of Marshalltown. First posting on Jan. 16, 2006. March 31, 2006 grab |
Iowa for Mark
Warner 2008
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iowa4warner.blogspot.com John Zimmerman. First posting on Mar. 14, 2006. June 12, 2006 grab |
Giuliani
-On November 14, 2006
Draft
Rudy Giuliani for President announced it had begun airing radio
ads in Iowa and New Hampshire encouraging Mayor Giuliani to run for
president in 2008.
Bayh
-Bill Earl, a 55 year-old
part time high school instructor who is one of the leading activists of
Americans for Bayh, went to Iowa to spread the word about Bayh for ten
days in the latter part of July 2006. In a July 28 posting, he
wrote,
"Reminding some who saw him of Johnny Appleseed many many years before,
this Californian criss-crossed Iowa with a ream of 'Bayh For President
2008' flyers. No part of the state was off-limits. He hit
the
cities...and the farms. Highways and byways. For 10 days,
he
was OUR REPRESENTATIVE for Bayh Grassroots, in the one state that may
make,
or break, Evan Bayh."
Rice
-Americans for Dr. Rice,
a 527 group seeking to draft Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, was
quite
active in Iowa in 2005:
The group reported running a 15-second radio spot in Iowa starting Feb, 15, 2005 to promote its website (coinciding with the CPAC conference in Washington).
In August, on her way back to North Dakota from four days at the Republican State Convention in North Carolina, Americans for Rice research director Crystal Dueker spent the day Des Moines meeting political people and seeking to raise awareness of the group. Her Mini Cooper, "plastered with 'Condi 2008' stickers, attracted attention from people wanting the stickers for their cars and friends, and she was interviewed by Tom Beaumont of the Des Moines Register.
Dueker and Kavon Nikrad from Minnesota carpooled in the Mini Cooper to Des Moines for the Polk County Republicans' GOP Fest on September 20. This event was attended by over 800 people.
Americans for Rice ran its new 60-second TV spot in Des Moines starting October 16 on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," on October 17 on "Good Morning America" and "The View," on October 18 during the fourth episode of "Commander-in-Chief," and from October 24-28 on WOI ABC TV morning news.
Americans for Rice was scheduled to have a table at the Republican Party of Iowa's Fifth Annual Ronald Reagan Dinner in Des Moines on October 22.
Activity Outside Iowa
-While Sen. Hillary
Rodham
Clinton did not make any visits to Iowa in 2005-06, she was in
touch
with Iowans. The Des Moines Register's Tom Beaumont
reported
in a Dec. 4, 2006 exclusive that, "Sen. Hillary Clinton began making
calls
today to Iowa Democrats about the state’s political landscape with an
eye
toward its 2008 presidential nominating caucuses." According to
several
news reports in May 2005, Clinton invited Iowans to her Washington, DC
home for a fundraiser for her 2006 re-election campaign.
