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Bachmann in Iowa: It’s her party

Button Gwinnett is among the first to arrive at Michele Bachmann's straw-poll-eve rally on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames. He wears a tri-corner hat and carries a "Don't Tread on Me" flag, by now de rigueur accoutrements for Tea Party revelers. Gwinnett claims to have been the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (actually he was the second) and frequently muses about the tyranny of the state. "Bachmann's our girl," he states, when asked about his presidential preference. "She'll be the next queen."

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Many in GOP base angry at Legislature

If you hear political activists calling for change in the 2012 state House and Senate elections, you won’t be faulted for thinking that the rhetoric must be coming from DFLers. After all, Democrats lost control of both chambers in a 2010 election that saw a conservative tide roll across Minnesota and the rest of the country.

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