Rudy Giuliani plans to start reaching out to Iowa's GOP caucus activist types as he gears up for what appears to be a more and more likely Presidential run, today's Des Moines Register reports. Though Giuliani leads the GOP primary field in national polls, lots of analysts have been saying that he lags way behind his rivals in building an organization in key primary states.

The Register reports that one Iowa GOPer Giuliani's people have been reaching out to is Gordon James, a longtime local ally of the Bush family. "They've been asking about Iowa. They've reached out to us and want to know how to do this," James tells the paper. "The first thing I told them is you can ill-afford not to be a player in Iowa. Iowans will throw you off the island faster than anyone I've seen."

As reported here yesterday, Giuliani has also signed up to deliver a big GOP keynote speech in New Hamphshire next month. In other words, it looks like the guy's really running.