Mitt Romney and the Presidential Primaries
Republican candidate Mitt Romney reasoned in an interview with CNN that Obama will not win the Iowa Electoral vote in the 2012 presidential election. Romney commented on the Obama administration regarding its, ”job-killing” economic policies, saying he believes officials intend to have a government-run health care system, and blasting Democrats as being beholden to special interests like public worker unions (Travis). Romney stated that if he is made the Republican primary candidate that he will secure the seven Iowan electoral votes.
Mitt Romney attempted to display his superior understanding of the "business people" and business policy in the United States by commenting on Obama's upcoming bus tour stating, ""I hope that on his bus tour he actually takes the time to get off the bus and sit down with business people...and ask them whether the policies he's put in place over the last two and a half years have helped or hurt enterprise and jobs in America" (Travis). Romney claims that if Obama set aside a time to learn from the business people of America he would realize that the economic policies that he has enacted throughout his term have put strain on enterprise and stunted the potential for economic growth.
Despite Mitt Romney's claims, his chances of winning Iowa are less than concrete. In the 2008 presidential election Obama, the Democratic candidate, won the Iowa electoral vote and Iowa's critical caucuses that year. Mitt Romney lost the Iowa caucuses after extensive campaigning in 2008 to former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. The Ames Straw Poll in Iowa is regarded as an indication of a candidates popularity and their likelihood of winning the election. Winning the Ames Straw Poll is a key factor for the campaigns of more visible candidates such as Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty. When CNN reporter Shannon Travis questioned Romney's strategy for his lack of aggressive campaigning in Iowa, he responded that he is confident that Iowans are less "concerned with the process of politics and more concerned with the future of America (Travis).
Romney responded to concerns about his lack of campaigning in Iowa, "We'll be doing a lot of debates. I'll be participating in the Iowa caucus process hoping to win the delegates that I'd like to have to win the nomination. And if I'm the nominee, of course I'll be aggressively campaigning – Iowa will be a swing state. I don't think the president will win it. I think I'll win it if I'm the nominee" (Travis). Romney will attempt to turn his speculations into a reality in the 2012 presidential election by campaigning for the primary election seat on behalf of the Republican Party.
-Nicholas Angelis
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