Iowa donors will travel to New Jersey to lure Chris Christie into Republican presidential race

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Daily Caller:

“My guess is if [New Jersey Governor Chris] Christie is even thinking about getting in, after he meets with Bruce, he’ll get in,” Dave Funk, co-chair of the Polk County GOP in Iowa, told The Daily Caller.

Funk was referring to the announcement that five major Iowa donors will be making a trip to Princeton, New Jersey later this month to meet with the governor. One of them, CEO of Hawkeye Renewables Bruce Rastetter, told TheDC he was on a mission to convince Christie to run for president in 2012.

“We clearly would like to see him run for president,” said Rastetter. “We would encourage him to run. The country needs him today and he’d make a great president.”

So far, the assembled group visiting Christie is composed of retired insurance executive Cam Sutton, real estate developer Dennis Elwell, casino investor Mike Richards, casino owner Gary Kirke, and Rastetter.

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It’s unusual for Iowans to go to such lengths to shape the GOP presidential field, but not unheard of. When talking to TheDC about the New Jersey meeting, many Iowans brought up a similar trip more than a decade ago to Austin, Texas. Then, the target was a different governor: George W. Bush.