November 2008 Iowa stops
Mike Huckabee: November 20, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, part of his Do the Right Thing book tour.
Bobby Jindal: November 22, West Des Moines, Iowa Family Policy Center banquet
New Zogby Interactive Poll, 11/9
A new Zogby Interactive poll taken over the weekend includes Zogby’s list for 2012 nominees: Palin, Romney, Huckabee, Jindal, Paul, Giuliani, “Someone Else,” or “Not Sure.”
(N.B.: I left Paul off the original list simply because he’ll be 76 in 2012.)
Palin Season Watch
Asked by reporters if she might run, Palin said: “We’ll see what happens then.”
We are VERY CLOSE to Palin Season. Four moose tracks out of five.
Ridge Alert
“Well, I said before, and only half the sentence was reported, I said the dynamics would clearly change if I had been on the ticket.”
At this time, the risk of a Ridge candidacy is YELLOW.
November 5, 2008 rankings for 2012
(age in 2012 in parentheses)
Rod Rust Division
40. Keyes (62)
39. Brownback (56)
38. Fiorina (58)
37. Portman (56)
36. T. Thompson (70)
35. Whitman (56)
34. Hunter (64)
33. Trancredo (66)
32. Bloomberg (70)
31. Frist (60)
30. Paul (77)
29. Giuliani (68)
The “Reluctantly Pro-Choice” Women
28. Hutchison (69)
27. Rice (57)
26. Lingle (59)
The Senators-Make-Bad-Nominees Division
25. Graham (57)
24. Ensign (54)
Thinking About Statewide, Then ‘16
23. George P. Bush (40)
22. Cantor (49)
21. Pence (53)
20. Blackburn (60)
The “Why Can’t I Be Your Veep” Division
19. Perry (62)
18. Martinez (66)
Thinking about ‘16
17. Petraeus (60)
The Feel-Good Conservatives
16. Coburn (64)
15. J. Bush (59)
14. Forbes (65)
13. Barbour (65)
12. Gingrich (69)
The “I Could See Myself Beside You” Division
11. DeMint (61)
10. Thune (51)
9. Pawlenty (51)
The Wildcards
8. Crist (56)
7. F. Thompson (70)
6. Ridge (67)
The Contenders
5. Sanford (52)
4. Palin (48)
The “I Told You So” Division
3. Huckabee (57)
2. Romney (65)
The One
1. Jindal (41)
