Bachmann Holds Big Lead in Iowa

[David Gill]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/07/13/bachmann_holds_big_lead_in_iowa.html">Source

"A new Magellan Strategies survey in Iowa finds Michele Bachmann leading among likely caucus attendees with 29%, followed by Mitt Romney at 16%, Tim Pawlenty and Herman Cain at 8%, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich at 5% and Rick Santorum at 3%. Another 24% of respondents are undecided."

These results http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58816.html">are in line with a new American Research Group poll yesterday. There's also a http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/07/13/poll-bachmann-support-surges/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fwashwire%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Washington+Wire%29">new Quinnipiac poll that shows her in second in New Hampshire.

This is music to my ears! Michele Bachmann would mean Democrats winning back the House in 2012. These numbers are good, and in concert with every other poll we've seen.

[geardaddy]

1. Meh.

She won't last.

[David Gill]

9. It's possible she fizzles out.

But I think she's a lot more likely to at least pull a Mike Huckabee strong second place. People compare her to Trump, but the comparison isn't apt. Trump was never serious, was not a politician, etc. Bachmann has been a national figure for years, and if you watch some videos of her on YouTube, she's actually pretty savvy. Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com thinks she's the favorite to win Iowa.

She's more like Sarah Palin, if Palin knew what newspapers she read and where North Korea was.

[NightWatcher]

2. yall have got to stop pretending that the South is the only place full of morans

[hifiguy]

3. What I call the Stupid Belt is not a geographic entity

but a mindset. And it's everywhere in the country, most commonly found in exurban/remote suburban areas. And in Minnesota, we've always maintained that Iowa stands for Idiots Out Walking Around, but that's a state rivalry thing.

[geardaddy]

5. Iowa sucking is also why the Mississippi flows south.

;)

I keed. I keed.

[hifiguy]

11. Why are all the football fields in Iowa

covered with artificial turf?

So the cheerleaders won't graze.
;)

[geardaddy]

14. I forgot that one!

lol

How does and Iowan spell farm? E-I-E-I-O

[Denninmi]

4. I don't know.

I'd hate to gamble and lose. Then we would really be up the creek.

[glinda]

6. More proof that they should outlaw genetically modified Monsanto products.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. I'd say offer Palin and Bachman reality TV shows

but even that didn't shut up Trump. D'oh!

[Vincardog]

8. NONE OF THE ABOVE wins the vote by a wide margin

[David Gill]

10. True

But there's also people like Herman Cain and Rick Santorum taking up % points. They're going to drop out- maybe after Iowa, maybe before- and their supporters are more in line with Bachmann than Romney or Pawlenty. Rick Perry is a wild card though...

[krispos42]

12. Fiction always sells... n/t

[NYC Liberal]

13. "music to my ears" - Amen! Please let her get the nomination!

We couldn't ask for anything better. Except maybe Newt as VP.