Iowa poll: Bachmann by … 13? (Has Mitt Romney abandoned the State?)

Serious question: Now that Romney has all but abandoned the state, why aren’t his supporters shifting to Pawlenty? Core Romney fans will stick with their guy, of course, if for no other reason than to deny votes to a candidate like T-Paw who poses a potential long-term threat. But what about all the Iowans who aren’t devoted Mittheads but simply prefer his more moderate managerial cred to Bachmann’s fire and brimstone? Why not get behind the only other candidate who’s (a) seriously contesting Iowa and (b) got the potential to go all the way? Mystifying.

Pawlenty finishes with eight percent, tied with Herman Cain. But maybe you’re thinking this is an outlier? Okay: Here’s a new Iowa poll from Mason/Dixon also showing Bachmann ahead — 32/29 over Romney this time, with Pawlenty in third at, um, seven percent. At the rate she’s going here, I’m expecting T-Paw’s talking points to shift within the week from “We need to do well at Ames” to “Eh, Ames doesn’t always predict the caucus winner anyway.” Help him, Rick Perry, you’re his only vote-splitting hope!

Here’s his new vid touting his evangelical bona fides for the benefit of caucus-goers. It was circulated via blast e-mail from his newest campaign advisor: Sarah Huckabee, daughter of you-know-ho.

Every candidate has a better resume than she does.

She’s the prettiest, and can read the tea party script the best. She’s Palin #2. Bachmann’s resume is just not Presidential.

Palin has a great resume full of good things.
You have the basketball player, and the miss wasilla, and the sportscaster. She went to a lot of colleges, but she finished fairly quickly, and the miss alaska thing was in the middle of that. It’s not the way the elites would have you do it, but she did experience a wider variety of things in that 5 year period than someone who didn’t. A short period of time, right after that, sportscaster. cool. Then right after that marries Todd and works with him on the fishing business. That sounds cool. People will like that.
And then, after about 4 years, onto a series of elected positions. City Council, Mayor of Wasilla, Oil and Gas Commissioner, Governor. That’s a wide range of executive and legislative positions. And she did good things when she was there. She was extremely popular. If she was a terrible governor, why was she so popular? Palin’s story is a great story. No Washington Experience. That makes her an Outsider. Outsider is good.

I really would like to see the biggest Bachmann defender out there really type out the full explanation for her resume, try to give it the most positive spin. Why was working for the IRS such a dream job, that you went to 2 law schools instead of just going to one and doing a different law job?
Something that would explain that. And why was the IRS the only job she had, except for the government paying to take care of foster kids. and then state senate and us rep

That’s it. IRS, Babysitting, State Senate (6 yrs), US Rep (4.5 years), and her husbands “pray the gay away” business.

Sarah Palin’s story has “basketball player, good” “miss wasilla, good” “sportscaster, good” “fishing, good”
“council, good low legislative” “mayor, good low executive” Oil and Gas, good high administrative, Governor, good top state executive” Pretty much full experience on a state level and there’s nothing at all but good. No Washington, but she’s an Outsider.

Most is bad. winona state, ok, oral roberts law school, does not appeal to most. Would be a negative. Then William and Mary, a positive. (why did law school take so long for her? what was she doing those other years? something super heroic?) Then IRS (cmon, this is not something you want on your resume if you want someone to vote for you), and then a Professional Foster Parent (this is bad, not in the same way as IRS is bad. I mean, it’s great that there are foster parents, I mean, where would all the kids that the government takes away go? And that’s where money came from, from the foster kids for 8 years, and from Marcus curing the gays. Listen, this was their life 12 years ago. She was getting paid to babysit girls with eating disorders and he was curing gays. There’s an SNL sketch right there. Clearly the girls with the eating disorders are going to be dating the gays in this sketch. And she ran for school board and lost. This was 1999. This does not scream out “make me President”. This screams out kinda crazy, marginal sketchy people. And then she got elected. She is pretty, and can get on message and debates well. But she does inspire hope to all of us who have some sketchiness in their past that all they have to do is look good, get the right script and put in 10 years, get elected to 3 terms in the house, and you can be the Republican Nominee, or get along as far in the process as she has. Did you make any money not directly from the government? Advantage, you. Did you work at a job more popular than the IRS? Advantage, you. Did you work at a job filled with more useful learning experiences than babysitting? Advantage, you. 10 years of law school to do 5 years of IRS work, followed by 8 years of babysitting. 23 years of Michele Bachmann’s life.

At least it wasn’t confusing like Christine O’Donnell’s, which was “I got paid to say Conservative Moral Things on TV” Which is exactly what they want to hear. I like Christine’s resume. It has saving lives in it.

How do we know he was leading a few weeks ago? How do we know Bachmann is leading now?

All the pollsters have an agenda! Tell me how 1 poll has MB up 13 and 2 have her up by only 3?

Gov Palin is not in the vast majority of them.

All pollsters come from either MSM or Rep Est, both groups want Bachmann to be out front.

And Btw the next time some one says to you...well the “very respected” Dem Register says this or that...just LOL

Why anybody in this day and age would believe any biased political poll is beyond me??? They all have an agenda, they know what result they are looking for before they do the poll.

I have been saying this here at FR before I ever heard of Sarah Palin.

Speaking of Gov Palinh, she will win the nomination and the Presidency, but she will never again lead in ANY poll..Trust me!!!

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