A Crowded (But Empty) 2012 GOP Field
Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
The Iowa caucuses are 364 days away. (But who's counting?) And yet there is only one candidate - pizza magnate Herman Cain - who has gone so far as to even form an exploratory committee to begin raising money for the Republican primary race.What gives?While there is considerable agreement among the Republican professional class that the 2012 race is late-starting, there's little consensus on why things are slow to form or who the first candidate to break the silence will be.
The Iowa caucuses are 364 days away. (But who's counting?) And yet there is only one candidate - pizza magnate Herman Cain - who has gone so far as to even form an exploratory committee to begin raising money for the Republican primary race.What gives?While there is considerable agreement among the Republican professional class that the 2012 race is late-starting, there's little consensus on why things are slow to form or who the first candidate to break the silence will be.
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/07/a_crowded_but_empty_2012_gop_field_250074.html
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