Key Move

Mitt Romney
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Perhaps hoping to slip the news in while folks are focused on the Newt implosion, Mitt Romney has decided not to compete in the famed Iowa Straw Poll.

From one perspective the Iowa Straw Poll is the classic pre-election beauty contest. It has no official significance. It doesn’t decide delegates. But it’s not something you want to miss if you have serious plans to contest the Iowa Caucuses. So it’s a key tell that Romney will opt not to seriously compete in Iowa.

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