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Bachmann, Cain fortunes reversed since Iowa Republican straw poll
Oct. 31, 2011 1:34 pm
What's up, Iowa?
Roughly midway between two iconic Iowa contests on the road to the Republican presidential nomination Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann have reversed roles.
Bachmann, who won the straw poll after entering the race less than two months earlier, and Cain, who finished in single digits in fifth place, have seen their fortunes go in opposite directions.
By conventional wisdom, that shouldn't be happening. Bachmann has been running the more traditional Iowa caucus campaign -- making regular visits to the first-in-the-nation state and building an organization with nearly 70 county chairmen and chairwomen.
Michele Bachmann (left) and Herman Cain
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