GOP Contest Heating Up Before Iowa Straw Poll

GOP candidates for the 2012 presidential election were very busy this week drumming up supporters and priming their campaigns for Thursday’s nationally televised debate, to be followed by a much-anticipated straw poll this Saturday in Ames, Iowa.
GOP Contest Heating Up Before Iowa Straw Poll
Andrea Hayley
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Republican presidential candidates (L-R) former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman take the stage for a debate in the Stephens Auditorium at Iowa State University August 11, in Ames, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Andrea Hayley
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Reporting on the business of food, food tech, and Silicon Alley, I studied the Humanities as an undergraduate, and obtained a Master of Arts in business journalism from Columbia University. I love covering the people, and the passion, that animates innovation in America. Email me at andrea dot hayley at epochtimes.com
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