PAC: Vast majority of MICHELE PAC money went to Iowa politicians or PACs (National Journal, 1/10).
Religious Right: Potential 2012 bid wins plaudits from Religious Right activists (RWW, 1/10).
Iowa: Speaks to Iowans for Tax Relief PAC in Des Moines on 1/21 (Iowans for Tax Relief PAC, 1/7).
Indiana: Makes 7th State of the State address with emphasis on education (South Bend Tribune, 1/11).
CPAC: To address the Conservative Political Action Conference along with other 2012 prospects (Politico, 1/6).
Religious Right: Invited to speak at the Freedom Federation’s Awakening 2011 along with other potential 2012 candidates (RWW, 1/10).
Iowa: Listed to address Iowa Renewable Fuels Association in Des Moines on Janurary 25th (Des Moines Register, 1/10).
Iowa: New poll shows Huckabee on top with 24% support from Republicans (TPM, 1/10).
Poll: Gallup finds in nationwide poll that Huckabee has the highest favorable rating among potential GOP candidates (WSJ, 1/10).
Reproductive Rights: Scheduled to address anti-choice fundraise in Tennessee on February, 14th (Knoxville News Sentinel, 1/9).
Extremism: Faces torrent of criticism over “bullseye” map with target on Giffords’s congressional district, defends herself to Glenn Beck (The Week & NYDN, 1/10).
Reality TV: Doesn’t sign on for a second season of Sarah Palin’s Alaska (Forbes, 1/10).
2012: Tells newspaper he is “seriously considering running for president” (St. Petersburg Times, 1/10).
Book: Memoir focuses on his faith, attacks on Obama (MN Public Radio, 1/8).
Palin: Calls Sarah Palin “a force of nature” (Mediaite, 1/7).
Reproductive Rights: Introduces legislation to de-fund Planned Parenthood (Human Events, 1/10).
2012: Tells an Indiana Rotary Club that he will decide on future political plans by the end of January (The Republic, 1/10).
South Carolina: Keynote speaker for South Carolina’s America Conference (Politico, 1/4).
Foreign affairs: Met with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai as plan of tour of Afghanistan and Middle East (Boston Globe, 1/10).
Poll: Pew poll has Romney as most competitive candidate against Obama in Nevada (UPI, 1/10).
Religious Right: Speaks with group founded by right-wing activist Ovide Lamontagne (Granite Oath PAC, 1/10).
New Hampshire: Hires GOP Congressman Frank Guinta’s strategist as state director of his America’s Foundation PAC (Union Leader, 1/5).
GOP: Says Romney’s Massachusetts health care law will make it “very hard for us to nominate” him (National Journal, 1/4).
