Is the race for 2016 already underway?

DEATH ROW JOE · Post by **DEATH ROW JOE** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:05 am

September 21, 2012
Christie, Jindal, and Santorum to Iowa
http://race42012.com/2012/09/21/christi ... m-to-iowa/

Is the race for 2016 already underway? If it’s not, Iowa is certainly becoming a popular hub for potential Republican presidential contenders these days. First, a certain New Jersey governor seems to have found his way to Sioux City:

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie officially endorsed Iowa Congressman Steve King today, at an appearance in Sioux City as keynote speaker for King’s 5th Annual Defenders of Freedom fundraiser.

King, however, wasn’t at his own event! According to his campaign, King flew to Washington D.C. yesterday to continue fighting for the passage of the Farm Bill.

That didn’t stop Governor Christie from coming out and supporting King, and the Romney campaign.

Christie campaigning for Romney and for down-ballot Republicans may just be the governor displaying his creds as a good party man, but still, the choice of venue seems…interesting.

And who could miss Rick Santorum and Bobby Jindal, riding the So-Con Express to the Hawkeye State!

Former Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum heads to Iowa next week to join a bus tour led by the social conservative group the Family Leader, furthering speculation that he’s looking ahead to another presidential run in 2016 if President Barack Obama defeats challenger Mitt Romney in November.

The bus tour, which takes place Sept. 24 to Sept. 27, will take Santorum to Des Moines, Pella and Ottumwa on Monday the 24th. It’s intended to protest retaining Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins, who joined the 2009 ruling that made same-sex marriage legal in Iowa.

The Family Leader endorsed Santorum for president in 2011.

Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal will also join the tour and is scheduled to travel to Mason City, Marshalltown, Fort Dodge and Carroll on Wednesday the 26th.

More than once I’ve suggested that the race for 2016 would begin on the morning of November 7th. I was wrong. It’s already here.