Rick Santorum crept up in the Iowa polls in recent weeks as the last standing social conservative who could challenge Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination. As Newt Gingrich’s and Michele Bachmann’s supporters looked for a relevant place to cast their vote, Mr. Santorum, who campaigned endlessly in Iowa, became the latest, and maybe last, “it” […]
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As the results of the Iowa Caucuses trickle in, it is clear that Michelle Bachmann will run a distant fifth sixth place in the state in which she was raised — and the state that made her its August Ames straw poll winner. With funds and little of her organization left, Mrs. Bachmann will likely drop […]
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Even if Michelle Bachmann were to somehow win Iowa, it would be unlikely that she could put together the financing or institutional support to be an effective challenger in the other 49 states. But last night’s debate performance, like so many before it, showed that Mrs. Bachmann belongs on the national stage. Sure, she has […]
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Michele Bachmann didn’t help her cause today. The Minnesota congresswoman and Tea Party Caucus leader provocatively suggested that the recent earthquake and Hurricane came about because of God’s wrath over the federal deficit. The Bachmann campaign quickly walked the comment back as “jest.” “I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of […]
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Ron Paul is in a statistical tie with President Obama if the election were held today, with President Obama pulling 47% of the vote and Congressman Paul taking 45%. In fact, Paul would probably beat the President today, as the undecideds almost all break to the challenger in a presidential contest. Michele Bachmann is four points behind the President […]
Read the rest of this entry »And Then There Were Three
Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are locked on each other already. The two are sniping back and forth 48 hours after Perry’s entrance into the GOP primary. The news media is gobbling it up. Finally, something of interest to cover. Perry, a late entry in the race, needs to mix things up. The worst thing […]
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