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Did Bachmann Bite Off More Than She Can Chew?
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 12:57pm | 900By winning the Iowa Straw Poll event, did Michele Bachmann doom her candidacy? History suggests so. The Republican Party in Iowa has been doing the Ames, Iowa Straw Poll since 1979. In the 30+ years of taking the poll, only once (George Bush, 2000) has the winner of the straw poll gone on to win...
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2012 Presidential Race Takes Shape Over Weekend
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 6:38am | 277Iowa's much-watched straw poll this weekend gave voters greater insight into the evolving 2012 Republican ticket, as Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry moved forward, and Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race. Bachmann won the straw poll Saturday, which is seen as a big test of the Republican...