Romney, Bachmann nearly even in Iowa Poll

msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 1 hour 46 minutes ago 2011-06-26T01:54:48

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann are neck and neck atop the Des Moines Register Iowa Poll on the Republican presidential field, the newspaper reported Saturday.

In the first Iowa Poll of this campaign cycle, Romney got 23 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers, and Bachmann got 22 percent, the newspaper said. Romney has been actively campaigning for months, but Bachmann is only officially announcing her campaign on Monday, in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa.

“She’s up there as a real competitor and a real contender,” Republican pollster Randy Gutermuth, who is unaffiliated with any of the candidates, told the Register. “This would indicate that she’s going to be a real player in Iowa.”

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Yet only one of them is the right type of religiously insane for the Republican base.

TlalocW

I live in Iowa, and I just have to say--we have the most arch-conservative, religious
wackaloons here. In the 1988 Republican primary--Pat Robertson won. Mike Huckabee won
last time.

There are many crazies here, but I'd like to stick up for my state and remind everyone
that Iowa was the FIRST in the nation to give Obama a big win. Hillary was clearly the
favorite, and we bucked the trend. Obama won in all 99 Iowa counties. Yeah sure, this
was when we believed in that change thing--but that's beside the point. Right? Plus,
we paved the way for gay marriage, as it has been legal here for two years now.

Iowans are generally enlightened and educated and some of the nicest and most sincere
people you will ever meet--however, we do have to deal with the hardcore conservanuts.

Just wanted to let you know that we aren't all batshit crazy! :)