MRoCkEd
08-09-2011, 06:12 AM
http://www.newsmax.com/DougWead/iowa-straw-ames-paul/2011/08/09/id/406607
Michele Bachmann: The Minnesota congresswoman is the Iowa front-runner. For a couple of years she faithfully audited Congressman Ron Paul's Thursday group. The wheels must have been turning. "If I can merge this new tea party movement with Evangelical Christian support, I could win Iowa." By all odds she has pulled it off.
Nowadays, Bachmann, who voted for the Bush bank bailout and represented the IRS in citizen audits, is portrayed by the national media as a tea party leader. She should win this Ames contest and win it big. Iowa is her home state, her birthplace. But if she doesn't win convincingly her brand may be in trouble. Former Alsaka Gov. Sarah Palin, or more likely, current Texas Gov. Rick Perry, may step in to pick up the pieces.
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Ron Paul: He is called "the father of the tea party" and described by David Stockman as "the only presidential candidate who really understands the economy." Paul has surged this week and is now coming in third in most national polls. If he beats Romney or Pawlenty it will be huge. If he beats Bachmann, it will be the talk of the nation for five months.
Michele Bachmann: The Minnesota congresswoman is the Iowa front-runner. For a couple of years she faithfully audited Congressman Ron Paul's Thursday group. The wheels must have been turning. "If I can merge this new tea party movement with Evangelical Christian support, I could win Iowa." By all odds she has pulled it off.
Nowadays, Bachmann, who voted for the Bush bank bailout and represented the IRS in citizen audits, is portrayed by the national media as a tea party leader. She should win this Ames contest and win it big. Iowa is her home state, her birthplace. But if she doesn't win convincingly her brand may be in trouble. Former Alsaka Gov. Sarah Palin, or more likely, current Texas Gov. Rick Perry, may step in to pick up the pieces.
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Ron Paul: He is called "the father of the tea party" and described by David Stockman as "the only presidential candidate who really understands the economy." Paul has surged this week and is now coming in third in most national polls. If he beats Romney or Pawlenty it will be huge. If he beats Bachmann, it will be the talk of the nation for five months.