GOP Presidential Contenders Woo Iowans

Source: Associated Press

GOP Presidential Contenders Woo Iowans
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Apr 14, 7:15 PM (ET)

By MIKE GLOVER

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican presidential candidates ate pancakes and pizza Saturday before giving a six-minute pitch to more than 1,000 of the party's hard-core Iowa activists.

"Boy, there are a bunch of us," former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said of the gathering.


Form Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney signs an autograph for Yvonne Stockseth, of Humboldt, Iowa, after arriving at the Republican party of Iowa's Abraham Lincoln Unity Dinner, Saturday, April 14, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)


Huckabee and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson said they'd use the chance to stand on the same stage with better-known rivals in hopes of gaining more support.

"It gives the voters a chance to sort of scout us out," Huckabee said. "Nobody is there as a big celebrity with a big check to wave around to say this is how much money I have."

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That or Yvonne Stockseth, of Humboldt, Iowa is from out of state.