Patrick Healy of the New York Times reports in this morning’s edition that Governor George Pataki is opening an office for his PAC in Iowa this Friday and will open a second such office in New Hampshire soon.

At this point in the 2008 GOP presidential primary it appears as if the early organizers are going to be Senator McCain, Governor Romney, and Governor Pataki, with Governor Huckabee being an early campaigner who lacks the resources to be much of an early organizer. Mayor Giuliani looks to be a mid to late organizer, as does Senator Frist, while Newt Gingrich seems committed to a late organizer strategy. The others – Hagel, Brownback, Armey, Gilmore, etc. – seem to be content to see how the field shakes out before making any bold moves, relegating them to mid or late organizers. I am on the record as believing Senator Allen is now a national fatality as a candidate and that Secretary Rice will not be in the mix. And I think the world is far too dangerous and complex a place for a single issue candidate like Congressman Tancredo to make any significant headway. But it would not surprise to find multiple candidates not mentioned here jump into the fray at some point.