Mehlman on elections

Radio Iowa:

The newly-elected chairman of the Republican National Committee says the next presidential campaign should start today. R-N-C chair Ken Mehlman, the manager of President Bush's re-election campaign, spoke in Des Moines over the noon-hour. "The victory in 2004 was won by planning in 2001 and 2002 and 2003," Melhman says. "The 2008 election is 1,350 days away,": Mehlman says. "I'm not sure how many days the Iowa Strawpoll is away or the Iowa Caucus is, but it's all going to start here." Mehlman also told Iowa Republicans to start laying the groundwork for the governor's race that'll be decided in 2006.

The Draft Bayh campaign began in November 2004 immediately after the election.