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five finger shoes Reporting from Des Moines— No politician ends up by accident in Iowa. Nor in New Hampshire.So recent appearances in the states by Republicans Chris Christie, Sarah Palin, Rudolph W. Giuliani, George E. Pataki and supporters of Rick Perry are setting off furious speculation about their presidential ambitions and feeding a quadrennial tradition: the search for the elusive ideal candidate, whose attributes seem to exceed those of the flesh-and-blood contenders sweating it out on the campaign trail.With an incumbent Democratic president, the
five finger shoes affliction is hitting Republicans this election cycle. As usually happens, the list of would-be party saviors skips around through the primary season. The latest GOP crush is Texas Gov. Perry, who has drawn a steady stream of potential backers to Austin in between his forays to gauge support elsewhere.For those seeking the perfect match, it is a lot like high school."Republicans are like someone who's been asked to the prom by a variety of different possible dates, but they're still holding out for somebody better," said Dennis Goldford, a politics professor at Drake University.Surveys of voters confirm the sentiment. This year, the top finisher
five finger shoes in an Iowa poll was not an actual candidate but "someone else." Though more recent polling showed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota jointly leading, neither was supported by more than a quarter of GOP voters. And more than two-thirds of voters who supported a candidate in a recent Des Moines Register poll said they could be persuaded to vote for someone else.Elisabeth McDonald, 57, is among the dissatisfied."I haven't seen one person yet that I am truly interested in voting for," she said, after watching Bachmann speak at a restaurant on the Mississippi River in Muscatine, Iowa.The motives for the political flirts can be varied — boosting their sagging relevance, collecting chits for a future run or, maybe, becoming the last-minute dream date for 2012.Perry is hearing entreaties from Republicans who feel he could unify the business, social conservative and "tea party" wings of the party. A group of New Hampshire legislators is traveling to Austin to meet with the Texas governor this week. In Iowa, one pro-Perry group is running radio ads urging people attending the upcoming Ames straw poll to write in his name, since organizers declined to include him or former Alaska Gov. Palin on the ballot because they are not official candidates.Another group, Americans for Rick Perry, which has eight paid staffers in Iowa and recently opened an office in West Des Moines, is visiting GOP central committees, tea party gatherings, gun shows and county fairs to tout the Texas governor's credentials.
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