{"id":6022,"date":"2011-08-13T20:01:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T00:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=6022"},"modified":"2011-08-13T20:03:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T00:03:19","slug":"michele-bachmann-won-the-iowa-straw-poll-rick-perry-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/08\/michele-bachmann-won-the-iowa-straw-poll-rick-perry-announces.html","title":{"rendered":"Michele Bachmann won the Iowa Straw Poll, Rick Perry Announces"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d7\/Bachmann2011.jpg\/220px-Bachmann2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"275\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michele Bachmann wins Iowa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/42\/Rick_Perry_%28crop%29.jpg\/220px-Rick_Perry_%28crop%29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"255\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Perry Announces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CNN reports: <strong>Minnesota\u00a0Rep. Michele Bachmann\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0won the Ames Straw Poll,<\/strong> besting eight other Republican candidates in a non-binding but politically significant vote in the first caucus\u00a0state of Iowa. \u00a0The Ames Straw Poll has helped take the pulse of a campaign&#8217;s strength since 1979. It&#8217;s also the first opportunity for voters to weigh in on a GOP candidate. \u00a0Nine of 11 announced Republican candidates are on the straw poll ballot. Former\u00a0Massachusetts\u00a0Gov. Mitt Romney and former\u00a0Utah\u00a0Gov. Jon Huntsman skipped the contest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gov. Rick Perry of Texas formerly announced<\/strong> his candidacy for the Republican nod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN reports: Minnesota\u00a0Rep. Michele Bachmann\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0won the Ames Straw Poll, besting eight other Republican candidates in a non-binding but politically significant vote in the first caucus\u00a0state of Iowa. \u00a0The Ames Straw Poll has helped take the pulse of a campaign&#8217;s strength since 1979. 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