Comments on: Romney, Bachmann lead GOP field in Iowa poll http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/41275 The oldest political news site on the Internet Sat, 18 May 2013 02:13:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Eddie Caplan http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/41275/comment-page-1#comment-163421 Eddie Caplan Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:30:02 +0000 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=41275#comment-163421 Bachmann’s strong showing is all due to name recognition. She’s been spending a lot of time here in Iowa and did well at the debate in NH.

But Bachmann has strong negatives: far too right-wing on social issues to capture swing voters, has demonstrated a poor grasp of facts and history. I doubt Iowans or Americans will hand her the nomination, and is a very long shot of winning the general election against Obama.

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