All posts tagged "Iowa Straw Poll"

It's been a seemingly endless cycle of boom and bust for Republican presidential hopefuls over the last few months. First Michele Bachmann took a surprising lead, winning the Iowa straw poll and enjoying a couple of months at the head of the pack. Then a series of gaffes and misstatements cost her dearly in the polls and Texas governor Rick Perry took the mantle. Perry held on the lead for a few precious weeks before he was supplanted by Herman Cain. The "Cain Train" has recently jumped the tracks and now, of all people, Newt Gingrich is in the lead.

Presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said Saturday that whistle blowers like Daniel Ellsberg and WikiLeaks were very important to the functioning of a free society.

Another day, another peculiar statement from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).

According to the principal organizer of the Values Voters Summit, the group's own straw poll should not be taken seriously.

by Michael Grabell, ProPublica

WATERLOO, Iowa (Reuters) - Two of the leading Republican candidates for president avoided confrontation on Sunday as they attended the same Iowa fund-raiser to court the party's social and religious conservatives.