Puttin’ on the blitz in Iowa

GOP presidential hopefuls and Iowa residents turn out for Saturday’s straw poll.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), who won the straw poll with 29 percent of almost 17,000 votes, reacts to a group of supporters as she emerges from her campaign bus.

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Aug. 13, 2011

GOP presidential contenders, from left, former senator Rick Santorum (Pa.), Rep. Ron Paul, (Tex.), Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.), businessman Herman Cain and Rep. Michele Bachmannn (Minn.) stand together for a photograph in the Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State University in Ames.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) cheer for him at the Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State University. Paul finished second in the poll with 28 percent.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) waves to supporters before speaking during the Iowa straw poll in Ames.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, right, listens as former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee speaks to Pawlenty supporters at the Iowa straw polll. Pawlenty announced Sunday that he would bow out of the 2012 race after placing third in the straw poll with 14 percent.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) dances on stage next to singer Randy Travis at her poll center tent in Iowa. Her supporters waited in a two-hour line to gain admission to her tent, eat a “beef sundae” and catch Travis's performance.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) waits to be interviewed.

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Aug. 13, 2011

A supporter of Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) walks past past a photograph of former President Ronald Reagan outside the Hilton Coliseum.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate and former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks in the Strong America Now tent outside the Hilton Coliseum. Gingrich finished eighth in the poll.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), center, arrives at a breakfast before the straw poll.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul heads to a television interview outside of the Hilton Coliseum.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum kisses his 13-year-old daughter, Sarah, while riding on a golf cart before the straw poll. Santorum finished fourth with 10 percent of the vote.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Voters enter Hilton Coliseum to cast their ballots.

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Aug. 13, 2011

Iowa residents, wearing shirts in support of former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, line up to vote. Pawlenty quit the race Sunday after a third-place finish in the straw poll.

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Aug. 13, 2011

A voter's finger is marked with indelible ink after casting his ballot for Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.)

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Aug. 12, 2011

The GOP candidates spent time at the Iowa State fair in Des Moines, where fairgoers 18 and older were invited to drop one piece of corn into the jar with the photo of their favorite Republican presidential candidate. Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) is the only candidate among 14 with jars who has garnered a second container. Republican presidential hopefuls visited the fair ahead of Saturday's Ames straw poll to greet voters and do some Iowa-centric campaigning.

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Aug. 12, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota holds up a corn dog as she campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

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Aug. 12, 2011

Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty shows off his spatula savvy as he flips pork chops at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

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Aug. 12, 2011

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin greets visitors to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Palin joined most of the declared Republican presidential hopefuls visiting the fair ahead of the Ames straw poll to greet voters and engage in the Iowa campaigning ritual.

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Aug. 12, 2011

Caleb Schierkolk, 11, of Shenandoah, Iowa, shows off an autograph from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Palin has not declared an intention to run for president, but she was among the Republican presidential hopefuls at the fair ahead of Saturday's Ames straw poll.

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Aug. 12, 2011

Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich talks to voters from the Des Moines Register's "Soapbox" on the second day of the Iowa State Fair.

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Aug. 12, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of Georgia, who was chairman of the Godfather's Pizza chain, speaks from the Des Moines Register's "Soapbox" on the second day of the Iowa State Fair.

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Aug. 12, 2011

GOP presidential candidate and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas walks to an interview during a campaign stop at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

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Aug. 12, 2011

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan, a GOP presidential contender, campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.

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