September 12, 2011
Presidential Prairie Dog Season
I fielded a call from a journalist a few minutes after Gov Pawlenty, whose shortened Presidential race I served as Iowa co-chair, endorsed Gov Romney for the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination. The journalist asked if I’d be endorsing, or joining, another campaign too. As she asked the question, I happened to drive by a small prairie dog village, and the image seemed appropriate. Iowans are still sticking their heads up from their daily lives to scan the horizon. Sometimes its from an entrance marked “Trump or “Bachmann” or “Perry”. But its all the same village underneath, and not many of us prairie dogs are really going to be satisfied until nothing new is showing up on the horizon. When the field is set, we’ll venture out and pick our favorites. Until then, when we poke our heads up under a certain sign, try to ignore us. Many of us are still watching the horizon!
