From Fosters:

“The 2008 election is 1,350 days away, not that I’m paying attention,” Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman told activists at a recent fund-raiser.

“The victory in 2004 was the result of planning in 2001 and 2002 and 2003. It’s all going to start here,” he said.

There are many reasons to go to Iowa, but there seems to be more people finding those reasons now than last winter. John Edwards, Mitt Romney, and Steve Forbes have all made stops through Iowa lately finding excuses anywhere from vacationing to visiting friends - but managing to stop and give a speech at anyplace that will take them.