Big-name GOP candidates slow to start 2012 presidential race

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Source: Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Big-name Republicans have been slow to enter the 2012 presidential race, giving lesser-known candidates a chance to break through in key early voting states like Iowa.

With the first Republican debate already over and just nine months until Iowa becomes the first state to choose its 2012 GOP nominee, local activists would normally be knee-deep in campaigns that set the tone for the rest of the country.

Instead people like Jeff Jorgensen, from Pottawattamie County in conservative western Iowa, are cooling their heels.

As a Republican caucus-goer and county chairman for the party, Jorgensen is exactly the type of person would-be Republican candidates have to woo in order to secure the nomination.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/08/big-name-gop-candidates-slow-to-start-2012-presidential-race/