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CBC4L
08-15-2011, 04:17 PM
www.conservativeactionalerts.com tends to support Bachmann the most, but I had this pop up on today's newsletter:

http://www.conservativeactionalerts.com/2011/08/fringe-candidate-no-more-pro-life-pro-constitution-paul-shaping-the-2012-race/

DES MOINES — Ron Paul, once seen as a fringe candidate and a nuisance to the establishment, is shaping the 2012 Republican primary by giving voice to the party’s libertarian wing and reflecting frustration with the United States’ international entanglements.

The Texas congressman placed second in a key early test vote Saturday in Ames, coming within 152 votes of winning the first significant balloting of the Republican nominating contest. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota won the nonbinding Iowa straw poll, but Paul’s organizational strength and a retooled focus on social issues set him up to be a serious player in the campaign.