Walker Gearing Up

For John, BLUF:  Everything is pointing toward 2016.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Professor Ann Althouse points us toward The Des Moines Register and an article on Texan David Polyansky and the fact that he has signed on to the Scott Walker campaign.  Ms Althouse quotes the paper as follows:

Iowa has been a home-away-from-home for Polyansky for years.  He was deputy campaign manager for Minnesota U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann when she climbed to a surprise victory in the 2011 Iowa Straw Poll.  And he was senior consultant to [Joni] Ernst, who won a five-way GOP primary in June then defeated Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley by 8.3 points in November to claim the U.S. Senate seat held for 30 years by a staunch liberal, Tom Harkin.

She then goes on to quote from an article in The New York Times on an event in Iowa today, hosted by Iowa Representative Steve King, a Republican.  The article mentions "favorite son" Governor Chris Christie and then goes on.

The forum on Saturday has the potential to become a gladiatorial matchup between Mr. Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2008 on the strength of conservative Christian voters, and Mr. Santorum, who won it four years ago with the same voters.  In 2012, nearly 60 percent♠ of Republican caucusgoers in Iowa were born-again or evangelical Christians.

But, also on the bill are Wisconsin Governor Walker, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Conservative favorite Doctor Ben Carson.

Hat tip to Ann Althouse.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  From The Deseret News (out of Salt Lake City) we have a report on "Religion's role in the Iowa caucus results".