11.   The endorsement represents an important organizing tool in the state where precinct caucuses launch the nominating season next January.

12.   The issue resonate well in Iowa, where precinct caucuses next January launch the nominating season.

13.   The New Hampshire primary traditionally has been in mid-February, eight days after the Iowa caucuses, the leadoff in the nominating season.

14.   Though Bush leads in most polls, he said he will focus heavily on the Iowa caucuses, which open the presidential nominating season.

15.   Those friends are the first step to competing in a state where precinct caucuses launch the nominating season and activists expect to be courted.