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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Ron Paul or Obama will be the President of USA

Paul continued to shock the establishment by taking 27.6% of the vote total against Bachmann’s 28.5%. Paul also recieved the fourth highest total vote count in the history of the event, including,Ron Paul would have gained 41% of the vote compared to Obama’s 42% – statistical dead heat. Among independents, Paul had an astonishing 47% to 28% edge over the president.
At Ron Paul's tent, his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), rallied the Texas congressman's supporters. They are a fired up bunch.There is plenty of speculation that Paul will ultimately win the straw poll. If that happens, Rand told the crowd, "some will try to discount it."
In the past, the Liberty movement has been pushed to the sidelines of the political discourse. Many of us were accustomed to pursuing intellectual arguments that the average citizen had never considered. Today, now more than ever, due to the state of the economy, mountainous government debt and endless war, a perfect storm is brewing and our time has come.
Ron Paul won 4,671 votes in today’s Iowa Republican Straw Poll garnering him 27.6 percent of the vote versus 28.5 percent for first place finisher and native Iowan Michele Bachmann.
All week the campaign has been trying to tamper down the expectations –- never declaring that Paul would outright win at today’s straw poll
I approach this differently than all the other candidates – Republicans or Democrats," said Paul, R-Texas. "I defend individual liberty in a different way. I am the one that says, 'War, there is too much of it.' They are undeclared. It’s time to end war. I am the one that says, 'I’m sick and tired of this Patriot Act – this pretence to destroy our individual liberties and molest us at the airport.



michele bachmann,White House in 2012

This is the very first step toward taking the White House in 2012," Mrs Bachmann told a small crowd of supporters outside her campaign bus on the straw poll grounds. "Now it's on to all 50 states."
Michele Marie Bachmann (née Amble; born April 6, 1956)is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota's 6th congressional district, and a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. She previously served in the Minnesota State Senate and is the first Republican woman to represent the state in Congress.
Michele Bachmann is Rick Perry's main rival now in the battle to give Republicans a viable alternative to Mitt Romney. Tim Pawlenty's campaign is on life support. And Ron Paul's jaw-dropping straw poll result showed how much the Republican party has turned toward a robust, full-throated, small government conservatism.
Bachmann’s candidacy is not without potential landmines. Over the last decade, she has taken positions that are dangerous, stemming from her radical ideology. To Bachmann’s credit, she is aware of this, lamenting to Glenn Beck, “I have experienced that throughout my political career, being labeled a kook.”

We did it! I am excited to announce our campaign was the winner of this year's AmesStraw Poll. Iowans delivered a strong message to Washington: America cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama and his failed liberal policies, and our campaign is the right choice to put our nation back on a path to prosperity.

Earlier this week I was thrilled to learn that the IRS has decided to eliminate the two year

deadline in most future innocent spouse relief cases. 
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.): 4,823 votes
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas): 4,671 votes
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty: 2,293 votes
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.): 1,657 votes
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain: 1,456 votes
Texas Governor Rick Perry: 718 votes

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney: 567 votes
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich: 385 votes
Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman: 69 votes
U.S. Rep Thad McCotter (R-Mich.): 35 votes
Iowa GOP officials said nearly 17,000 ballots were cast in the straw poll, a closely scrutinized test of each campaign’s organizational muscle in Iowa.


Bachmann won 4,823 votes narrowly edging Paul’s total of 4,671.

Pawlenty finished a distant third with 2,293, while former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum netted 1,657 votes.