Could a “mystery candidate” be planning to enter the race for the Republican nomination? There’s a very interesting story up at ABC’s The Note detailing just that kind of development. Could it be Palin? Maybe Perry? Christie? Rubio?
A little bit of intrigue at the Ames straw poll land auction…
Representatives of Republican candidates are meeting today in Ames, Iowa for what is essentially a real estate auction, buying up the best pieces of the Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State University, where Augusts’ Ames Straw Poll will be held.
The presence of operatives who refuse to identify which candidate they work for, however, has led the representatives of the declared candidates to threaten to walk, tweeted Andy Parrish, a key player on Michele Bachmann’s campaign.
“At Ames land auction. One campaign refusing to ID themselves,” Parrish tweeted around 2 p.m. CDT.
“All declared campaigns on their feet and agreed to walk from Ames auction until all campaigns say who they represent,” he wrote 10 minutes later.
Quickly followed by: “All campaigns are now outside because one campaign will not say who they represent. All have agreed to walk.”
UPDATE: Be sure to read the full story here…
[...] caused a stir at the Ames Straw Poll campaign space auction last week when he attempted to anonymously secure a key place for the August [...]