Ron Paul is currently at the top in a 4-way dead heat among the GOP candidates to attend the Republican presidential caucuses for Iowa. A win in Iowa could easily propel Paul to the forefront of the GOP race- whether the MSM likes it or not.
Michelle Bachmann, who bought herself an Iowa straw poll win by trading concert tickets in exchange for straw poll votes, apparently can only swing 5% of Iowa votes without the incentive of free country tickets.
Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a dead heat as the top choices for Iowans likely to attend the Jan. 3 Republican presidential caucuses.
A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent, Romney at 18 percent and Gingrich at 17 percent among the likely attendees with the caucuses that start the nominating contests seven weeks away.
The poll reflects the race’s fluidity, with 60 percent of respondents saying they still could be persuaded to back someone other than their top choice, and 10 percent undecided. Paul’s support is more solidified than his rivals, while Cain’s is softer. All of the major contenders have issue challenges to address.
Texas Governor Rick Perry and Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann, who both once were strong contenders in polls of the Republican race, have seen support plummet. Perry, who is running ads in Iowa, gets 7 percent support in the Bloomberg survey; Bachmann, who won the Iowa Straw Poll in August, is backed by 5 percent.
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