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Iowa contest begins
The first major test for Mitt Romney’s opposition will lye on August 13 when the candidates will compete in Ames, Iowa, in order to claim that distinction. Iowa may seem a meaningless event, but it can have a grand impact on the candidates aspirations.
Romney won the last contest back in 2007, therefore he is expected to pass this one. Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich, House speaker, are not expected to attend the event. On the other hand ex CEO for Grandfather’s Pizza Herman Cain alongside with former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum will be attending the event. The experts say that the major battle will be between Bachmann and Pawlenty.
Some people already have made speculations on the winner of the event, sais Dennis Goldford, Des Moines University scientist. And how are the results?
Considering that Romney is the designated GOP establishment candidate and he will be on the sidelines, the Ames event will show the candidate that supposedly represents the “populist, insurgent and angry side of the barricade” sais Goldford.
The importance of Ames Straw Poll, which comes before the Iowa caucuses, usually represents the beginning of the presidential nominating season. The main idea, which makes the contest more interesting, is that it’s not as much in the one who get’s the win or looses, but in the one that meets the expectations. When someone gets good media coverage, than it can mean a considerable boost to the fundraising effort. On the other hand, bad media can raise the effort to the ground.
The key element of the contest is that each candidate will have the same opponent. And they find out before hand what opponent each candidate has.
Therefore Pawlently, as predicted, is playing the expectations game. He stated in a recent interview that a straw poll victory is not a requirement for his campaign. This happened after he received only 6 percent during the first Iowa Poll. Pawlently was left behind as Romney and Bachmann were fighting for first place. This happened on June 25.
But if we were to have a look at the money invested in Iowa by Pawlently, clearly sais that he enters this event to win it. Do you think he has a chance after being left far behind in the first run ?
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