GOP sees path emerging for Romney win in Iowa
Excerpt:DES MOINES, Iowa A month ago, as Mitt Romney's campaign appeared to be foundering on just about every front, even allies of the Republican nominee believed his hopes for recovery to be particularly grim here in Iowa. At the time, he was failing to generate much enthusiasm in his western Iowa stronghold, and President Obama's vaunted ground game in the state -- which had launched him toward the Oval Office in 2008 -- was humming along with an efficiency that threatened to put the state out of reach. Particularly concerning for the Romney camp was the extent to which its internal polling showed the challenger getting blown out in Obama's eastern Iowa strongholds of Black Hawk and Linn counties, which encompass the population hubs of Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids, respectively.
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Mitt Romney
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| -0.147055 | "It punctuates Obama's poor campaign effort here and Mitt's obvious momentum," he said. ... |
| -0.0213302 | "It punctuates Obama's poor campaign effort here and Mitt's obvious momentum," he said. "The entire Republican ticket is gaining statewide. In a sense, the Register's endorsement says, 'It must be over if even the Register picks Mitt.' " |
| 0.0465354 | Romney has nothing in place that comes close to matching Obama's micro-targeting get-out-the-vote machine, which one state Republican described as "startling in its attention to detail." |
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Steve King
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Steve Grubbs
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Linda Upmeyer
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| 0 | "Momentum is with Romney now," said Iowa House Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer, ... |
| -0.0247986 | "Momentum is with Romney now," said Iowa House Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer, adding that the newspaper endorsements "can't hurt and might help." |
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Gov. Terry Branstad
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Bob Haus
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| -0.0205626 | "A month ago, I could hear the sounds of the Obama train steaming up and leaving the station. He was poised to pull away, which would have had impact up and down the ballot," said longtime Iowa Republican strategist Bob Haus. |
| -0.0205626 | "A month ago, I could hear the sounds of the Obama train steaming up and leaving the station. He was poised to pull away, which would have had impact up and down the ballot," said longtime Iowa Republican strategist Bob Haus. "Then, a debate happened and the race was recast in 90 minutes. It's hard to tell you what an impact it had." |
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Bill Burton
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| 0.160531 | "state of the race" email to supporters on Monday, Bill Burton of the Obama's Priorities USA super PAC wrote ... |
| -0.123236 | "state of the race" email to supporters on Monday, Bill Burton of the Obama's Priorities USA super PAC wrote that the contest there is "a dead heat," |
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Chuck Laudner
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