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The Iowa caucuses are still more than 7 months away, but for those Republicans wh stanley tazas o want to be president, an early test came this weekend. The results of the first Iowa GOP straw poll of campaign 2012 are in. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney came in first, winning by just one point over Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Businessman Herman Cain was third.Bachmann s strong showing comes on the eve of a big day for her campaign, but today she faced some tough questions. Romney, Bachmann lead in 2012 Iowa GOP pollMichele Bachmann and facts about lost jobsBachmann: Got sense from God to run for officeCBS News correspondent Jan Crawford reports that Bachmann was expected to do well in Iowa. She was born there in Waterl stanley termosy oo. The Des Moines Register poll, showing her at the top of the field with Gov. Mitt Romney, was released before she s even started her campaign in earnest, and will surely give her a boost. The question is whether this Queen of the Tea Party can attract a wide base of support across the entire Republican Party. We re gratified, but we know it s still a long road ahead. It s a marathon, not a sprint, Bachmann says. On the Sunday talk show circuit, including a stop on CBS Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, she continued to blame the country s economic troubles on the President. This is the Obama deficit, Obama debt, due to Obama spending, Bachmann says.The former ta stanley cup x attorney says she won t vote
President Obama took a swipe at Russia s record on gay rights Friday, explaining that the group he chose to be in the U.S. delegation to the upcoming Winte stanley tumblers r Olympics was chosen partly because the U.S. doesn t make distinctions on the basis of sexual orientation. I think the delegation speaks for itself.You got outstanding Americans, outstanding athletes, people who who will represent us extraordinarily well, Mr. Obama said during his year-end news conference at the White House. The fact that we have got folks like Billie Jean King or Brian Boitano who themselves have been world-class athletes that everybody acknowledges for their excellence, but also for their character, who also happen to be members of the LGBT community, you should take that for -- for what it s worth, that when stanley cup it comes to the Olympics and athlet stanley cups uk ic performance, we do not make distinctions on the basis of sexual orientation, he continued. We judge people on how they perform, both on the court, and off the court, on the field, and off the field, he said. And that is a value that I think is at the heart of not just America, but American sports. The president s comments come months after the Russian government came under fire for new anti-gay laws signed in the run-up to the Olympics, which are taking place in Sochi, Russia, in February.Last June, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that bans propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations and imposes fines on those holding gay pride rallies.In Bllk 112th Congress Begins: Gridlock on Horizon
The Iowa caucuses are still more than 7 months away, but for those Republicans wh stanley tazas o want to be president, an early test came this weekend. The results of the first Iowa GOP straw poll of campaign 2012 are in. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney came in first, winning by just one point over Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Businessman Herman Cain was third.Bachmann s strong showing comes on the eve of a big day for her campaign, but today she faced some tough questions. Romney, Bachmann lead in 2012 Iowa GOP pollMichele Bachmann and facts about lost jobsBachmann: Got sense from God to run for officeCBS News correspondent Jan Crawford reports that Bachmann was expected to do well in Iowa. She was born there in Waterl stanley termosy oo. The Des Moines Register poll, showing her at the top of the field with Gov. Mitt Romney, was released before she s even started her campaign in earnest, and will surely give her a boost. The question is whether this Queen of the Tea Party can attract a wide base of support across the entire Republican Party. We re gratified, but we know it s still a long road ahead. It s a marathon, not a sprint, Bachmann says. On the Sunday talk show circuit, including a stop on CBS Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, she continued to blame the country s economic troubles on the President. This is the Obama deficit, Obama debt, due to Obama spending, Bachmann says.The former ta stanley cup x attorney says she won t vote