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December 30, 2011

Bachmann Iowa Chair Joins Paul's Campaign 
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Texas Rep. Ron Paul is running second behind Romney in Iowa, despite a
recent controversy over bigoted comments published in a newsletter
bearing his name in two decades ago. On Thursday, Paul continued with
his campaign theme of criticizing the bail-out of Wall Street firms.

Rep. Ron Paul: "There's special interest that benefited the Wall
Street-ers get bailed out and the debt is being dumped on the people.
That has to be reversed, let me tell you."

Paul's campaign received a boost this week after the Iowa chair of Rep.
Michele Bachmann's campaign joined his team. On Thursday, Bachman told
reporters the defection was due to financial reasons, a claim Paul
denies.

Rep. Michele Bachmann: "He had told me specifically that he was offered
money, a great deal of money, from the Ron Paul campaign and that's why
he was leaving."



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