That was fast. And I’m not sure anyone got in a leisurely cigarette afterwards. Politico (yes, yes, I KNOW) is reporting on the current positioning of the GOP field for 2016. You read that right, 2016.
Apparently this event by conservatives in Iowa this weekend is the tell:
On Saturday, a trio of once — and possibly future — presidential candidates will speak to a conservative forum in Iowa hosted by the group Citizens United and a prominent Iowa social conservative organization, the Family Leader. Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee and Texas Gov. Rick Perry will all appear at the event.
Then there’s this:
Last weekend, Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance at an annual dinner hosted by Iowa businessman Bruce Rastetter, a major bankroller of Republican causes in the state and nationally. In May, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul spoke to the Iowa branch of the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Virginia attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, a favorite of national conservative activists, addressed the Iowa GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner the same month.
And the choice bit of Ed Rollins telling Politico that GOP folks don’t think Rmoney has a very good shot, since he hasn’t run a good campaign. Like the campaign Ed Rollins ran for Michelle Bachmann. There’s more of the GOP positioning reported there, but there is one name that is not accounted for and that is Jon Huntsman. Meaning that the GOP currently intends to stand behind its thoroughgoing crazy wing for awhile.