A week ago I wrote about 10 factors to watch in Iowa. Although the first of these, the Des Moines Register poll, will not be revealed until the weekend, the other nine do tell us about the direction of the race.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has not endorsed, which is one of many disappointing bits of bad news for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who is one of his closet allies in the House. He?s been saying some nice things about Rick Santorum. (?I think he?s built the best face-to-face, hand-to-hand personal network in the state, and we?ll see if Iowans reward him for that. I expect they will.?) And he?s been highly critical on Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) (?I don?t think that the Paul supporters have really stepped back and thought about what would happen if Ron Paul were operating out of the Oval Office and the commander-in-chief of our armed forces.?) He?s also said he wouldn?t lose sleep over a Mitt Romney nomination. That sounds more like a political analyst than someone getting ready to endorse a contender.
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