The Des Moines Register released its first 2012 Republican presidential poll and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads with 23 percent. Surprisingly, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), an Iowa native, trails Romney by one percent. She officially enters the race tomorrow. Herman Cain is the only other candidate to hit double-digits--10 percent. Another Minnesotan, former Governor Tim Pawlenty, collected a disappointing 6 percent, but he just initiated a big Hawkeye State push consisting of television ads and direct mailings that began after the poll was conducted. A GOP pollster told the Register, "It's way too early to be writing off Tim Pawlenty. I'm sure they’d rather be leading today, but I don't think they're jumping out of buildings either." I'd like to add that Pawlenty comes across much warmer in person than he does--for now--on television, which hill help him in the retail atmosphere of the Iowa Caucuses.
As for Romney, he led polls in the months before the 2008 caucuses--but Mike Huckabee walked away with the win.
But the big story here is Bachmann. Look for a plethora of stories from the mainstream media highlighting her "extremism" in the next few days.
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