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== Republican Strategy ==

== Republican Strategy ==

[[Image:Republican candidates.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Republican candidates; Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul, John McCain and Duncan Hunter]]

[[Image:Republican candidates.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Republican candidates; Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul, John McCain and Duncan Hunter]]

The Republican presidential nominee must win Wisconsin or Minnesota, and hold Iowa.  The outcome in New Mexico, which has only 5 electoral votes, is irrelevant.  Minnesota's margin of victory for the Democrats in 2004 probably places it out of reach for Republicans in 2008.

Strategists believe that the Republican presidential nominee must win Wisconsin or Minnesota, and hold Iowa but that the outcome in New Mexico, which has only 5 electoral votes, is irrelevant.  Minnesota's margin of victory for the Democrats in 2004 probably places it out of reach for Republicans in 2008.

The inescapable conclusion is that the Republican nominee must win Wisconsin and hold Iowa in order to win the general election.{{fact}}

The inescapable conclusion is that the Republican nominee must win Wisconsin and hold Iowa in order to win the general election.{{fact}}