The battle for Iowa

The first major electoral event of the nominating process for the President of the United States, Iowa Caucuses decide which candidates will continue their campaigns and compete in the National Convention. Caucus results serve as a good indicator of what agents will most likely win their party's nomination.

Michele Bachman declared his candidacy on Monday in the town of Waterloo, his childhood hometown. "We cannot afford to be four years of Barack Obama," she told her audience. Representative Ron Paul (R-TX), former u.s. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) was also in the State campaign.

First of all the Iowa polls for the presidential elections, The Des Moines Register poll has been considered to be an accurate indicator for potential party candidates. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney received 23 percent of the votes for most-likely caucus-goer, while Bachmann tightly by 22%. Cain had 10%, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich both tied to 7%, Tim Pawlenty took 6% and Rick Santorum was at 4%. Iowa's Caucuses are considered most crucial for candidates Bachmann and Pawlenty.

The tournament does not stop there. On Tuesday arrived in Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin in Pella, Iowa, for the premiere of her documentary, "Undefeated". Sarah Palin is still silent on the question of the candidacy, but this is her first visit to the State in 7 months, speculation sparks a surprise when one considers the RANDOM time.

The fight is not limited to Republican party candidates. Only 150 miles from Sarah Palin, President Barack Obama touring aluminium producer Alcoa Davenport works plant in Bettendorf. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says Alcoa manufacturers are likely to suffer most from Obama's corporate tax code change. Why is an incumbent President who remain uncontested in the concerned with what the primaries seems to be the Republican battleground? "Mr. Obama is not a primary challenge in 2012, but Iowa is a hotly contested election State, which he won in 2008 and that Republicans would very much like to put in his column this time. The President's trip, suggested that the White House sees a political necessity to counter anti-Obama argument made here by the parade of Republican candidates and maintain a presence in the State for more than 16 months before election day, "wrote Mark Landler of the New York Times. The Governor gave a similar answer. "Obama knows how important Iowa was that his campaign" Branstad said.

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