The Party of Bachmann?
Antigovernment zealots and biblical literalists are driving the race for 2012's Republican presidential nomination.
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At the Iowa straw poll, Michele Bachmann—and Ron Paul—offered up the tough talk on the deficit, and on religion, that voters wanted.
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For Iowa voters, Bachmann's Christian rhetoric, combined with staunch opposition to raising the debt ceiling, sealed the deal.
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