The Des Moines Register’s Tom Beaumont reports: The top Iowa adviser to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said today he will support former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, should Pawlenty seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Eric Woolson, 52, said he did not know whether Huckabee, the 2008 caucus winner, planned to run again. Huckabee, in […]
By POLITICO STAFF | 3/10/11 6:13 AM EST From today’s edition: 2012 RECRUITMENT WATCH – THE SCRAMBLE BEGINS – Don’t look now, but the pace of hiring for the presidential campaigns-in-waiting just picked up – a lot. There’s been big movement on at least four teams in just the last 24 hours. Here’s what you […]
March 10, 2011 In her “Right Turn” blog, the Post’s Jennifer Rubin speculates on the impact of former 2008 Huckabee Iowa campaign manager Eric Woolson means in the 2012 GOP presidential contest: Presidential candidates staffing up in Iowa By Jennifer Rubin Eric Woolson, Mike Huckabee’s key organizer in Iowa in 2008, has joined Tim Pawlenty’s […]
The Washington Post reports Wednesday morning that veteran Iowa political strategist Eric Woolson has signed on to be part of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty‘s presidential campaign. Woolson led Mike Huckabee‘s campaign in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, pulling off a surprise victory and derailing the presidential hopes of then-frontrunner Mitt Romney. Last year, Woolson managed […]
The Washington Post reports this morning that Eric Woolson, who managed Mike Huckabee’s winning 2008 Republican presidential caucus campaign, has signed on to work for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Woolson’s portfolio is among the widest-ranging among Iowa’s GOP operatives, including stretches with Gov. Terry Branstad, the presidential campaign of George W. Bush and recently […]
Chris Cillizza of the Washinton Post reports this morning: Eric Woolson, a top aide to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, has signed on with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty for the coming 2012 contest, according to two sources familiar with the decision. To read Cillizza’s entire story, click on “Eric […]
On Forbes.com today, Thomas Cooley and Lee Ohanian write, “The backlash against public sector unions being played out in Wisconsin, Virginia and elsewhere was a long time coming. Now that it is here, it will likely remain front and center among the taxpayers who are on the hook for enormous unfunded union pension and retirement […]
In today’s National Journal Hotline: “No presidential campaign amounts to anything without a top-notch staff and a cadre of key activists and volunteers. Candidates are already courting potential aides and supporters in hopes of building those connections, a process that’s a key part of the Invisible Primary. Throughout the campaign, National Journal’s Hotline will keep […]
Steve Brown of Fox News explored the slow start to the 2012 Iowa presidential caucuses. To view the video, which includes an interview with Eric Woolson, who was the Iowa campaign manager of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s winning campaign, click here.
The City of West Des Moines has been given the green light for a sophisticated new traffic management system compared to having a “cop on every corner.” The system is the first of its kind in Iowa. KCCI’s Cynthia Fodor reports in this story.
