Iowa Republican Donors Want Gov. Christie for President

               With the GOP field of presidential candidates slowly forming, some republican donors from Iowa have taken matters into their own hands.  A group of Iowan republicans have been trying to convince Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey to make a run for the presidency. This entry will focus on two articles on this topic, the first from the Washington Post attained through the Associated Press and the second from CBS News written by Lucy Madison

                The article on the Washington Post was good and provided a lot of good information. This article provided information on who exactly is courting Gov. Christie and why. It has plenty of quotes and attributions from Bruce Rastetter, one of the donors trying to get Christie to run. Rastetter gives a lot of insight as to why Gov. Christie is the candidate that can beat President Obama and the one that will fight for what they believe is important. There are also quotes from Mike DuHaime, the governor’s chief political adviser and GOP consultant Mary Matalin. This article also talks about other potential candidates that the donors have approached including Gov. Jeb Bush.  The Associated Press does a good job of covering all the bases on this topic.

                Lucy Madison from CBS News also does a good job of covering this topic but does not go into much detail on other possible candidates that have been courted. Madison attributed much of the information and even quotes from Bruce Rastetter to the Associated Press. After reading the article from the Post, this article on CBS News just seems as a summary of the article from the AP. However it did do a good job of covering why Iowa donors want Gov. Christie to run and even goes as far as using a quote from the governor himself on this topic. The quote from the governor alone made this article stand out.

                Both articles covered the topic nicely but both did it in different ways. They were both accurate and objective. The article from the Post expanded on the topic where as CBS News only spoke about Christie. Although reading about other candidates that Iowa donors have courted was enjoyable, the article on CBS News was short and to the point. The article on the Post was most informative but readers don’t have much time and many would probably not continue reading onto the second page. Madison did a good job of sticking to her narrow topic and informing the reader in a short amount of time.

NEWS ARTICLES USED:
Washington Post: Top Iowa Republican donors court New Jersey Gov. Christie to run for president in 2012
CBS News: Iowa donors court Chris Christie for presidential bid