Pawlenty ficha a ex asesor de Huckabee y Bush en Iowa

Eric Woolson trabajó para los dos últimos candidatos republicanos que ganaron el Caucus de Iowa: Huckabee en 2008 y Bush en 2000. Y el año pasado fue campaign manager de la fallida campaña de Bob Vander Plaats para Gobernador de Iowa.

Un buen fichaje para Pawlenty, y ¿una señal de que Huckabee no se presenta?

Lo cuenta Chris Cillizza:

(...) Eric Woolson, a top aide to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (Ark.) 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.

Woolson was at the center of Huckabee's stunning victory in the 2008 Iowa caucuses and his decision to switch camps will be read as an indication that the former Arkansas governor is leaning against a return run for president.

(...) Woolson's hire is also a sign of Pawlenty's big bet on Iowa where his team clearly believes he must win -- or perform above expectations in order to have a real shot at the Republican nomination.

Woolson, who served as communications director in Iowa for the caucus campaign of then Texas Gov. George W. Bush in 2000, will join Annie Kelly on Pawlenty's Iowa team. Kelly, who served as deputy campaign manager for Pawlenty's 2006 gubernatorial race and ran his Freedom First PAC, moved to Des Moines a few weeks ago.

And, Pawlenty has several other Iowa aces up his sleeve -- most notably Terry Nelson who, for a time, managed John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, and former Bush White House political director Sara Taylor. Both are Iowa natives. (...)