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Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition to remain neutral (Politico)

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The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition — a group that started out a couple of decades ago as the Iowa Christian Coalition — will not single out one of 2012 GOP presidential candidates for a public endorsement. Steve Scheffler, the group’s leader, does not plan to issue a public endorsement of his own either.

“Frankly I don’t think Iowans…like to be told who they should vote for when they go to the Caucuses on January 3,” Scheffler says.
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There has been speculation that a coalition of Iowa conservative groups might endorse a candidate, to try to rally support around a single, alternative candidate to Mitt Romney. Scheffler says endorsing a candidate would have caused “friction” among Christian conservatives.

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Complete article at Politico : http://politi.co/sZAJF1