If you followed politics any this weekend, you probably noticed that a number of 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls were at events in Iowa (the Ronald Reagan Dinner) and in Washington, DC (the Values Voter summit) in order to determine whether they should run for the party's nomination. This is indicative of two topics we covered thus far in class. First, the 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls are attempting to determine where to position themselves ideologically to win the party's nomination, a task for them that is becoming increasingly difficult given the recent Tea Party success within the party. Second, it indicates that the candidates are considering factors about the decision to run that we discussed in class on Friday and will continue to discuss in class on Monday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/us/politics/18repubs.html?_r=1&ref=politics
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