Presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to speak at CPAC Florida in September. The American Conservative Union event — its first regional Conservative Political Action Conference — will be held in Orlando.
Minnesota’s two potential presidential contenders continue with plans to travel the nation. At CPAC, Rep. Michele Bachmann said she’s planning a trip to New Hampshire, while former Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced an upcoming trip to Florida. Both have been touring the country — Pawlenty hawking his new book and Bachmann assisting Republican candidates and party units with fundraising.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty were in the middle of the pack in a straw poll at CPAC, a yearly gathering of conservative activists. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas was, for the second year, the top vote getter with 37 percent of the first and second choice of voters. Bachmann and Pawlenty were sixth and seventh out of 15 candidates.
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty gave his stump speech to conservatives gathered at CPAC Friday afternoon by offering up a series of digs at Barack Obama. He angrily told the president to stop apologizing for America and listed the Muslim Brotherhood as one of America’s adversaries. Pawlenty’s speech, however, was overshadowed by Obama’s own address to the nation about Egypt, and it was delivered after the closing of voting in the coveted CPAC straw poll.
Further fueling the speculation that Rep. Michele Bachmann may be making a bid for the White House in 2012, she handed out jerseys with “Bachmann” on the front and “12″ on the back at a reception Thursday evening. As promised, Bachmann also gave away vouchers for free drinks as she collected information from attendees at CPAC, an annual gathering of conservatives which has drawn over 11,000 attendees this week.
If there one way to win the coveted presidential straw poll at CPAC, it’s to offer everyone in attendance a free drink. Rep. Michele Bachmann, who’s rumored to be running in 2012, kicked off the conservative gathering on Thursday with a rousing speech bashing “Obamacare” and Rep. Nancy Pelosi that included an announcement that she was hosting a party Thursday evening — and the bar tab was on her.
Two potential GOP presidential contenders from Minnesota have signed on to speak at February’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, both a staple of past CPAC events, will again speak at a conference that’s never without controversy. Last year, Sarah Palin dropped out, in part, because the John Birch Society was a sponsor. This year, religious right groups are boycotting the event because the gay conservative group GOProud is a sponsor.
Rep. Ron Paul’s surprise win in the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference is being dismissed by some party insiders as the result of eager young Paul fans casting their votes. But Paul’s win — topping the likes of Mitt Romney and Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who placed fourth — reveals plenty about the state of conservatism today.
At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann talked about the founding fathers, the President Bush “Miss me yet?” billboard spotted in her district, and what she calls President Obama’s “thought police.”
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