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AMES - Trailing in polls and low on cash, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is betting the future of his presidential campaign on Iowa, where a late summer test vote could make or break him.
"We look to the Ames straw poll as a chance to show improvement," Pawlenty said in an interview this week, acknowledging his lagging fortunes as he opened a 15-day Iowa campaign stretch a month before the state popularity contest that's often a launch pad or cemetery for White House hopefuls. "We have to show some reasonable improvement at the straw poll, and then we've got to be in a position to win, or come close to it, in the caucuses."See the full content of this document
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Trailing Pawlenty Campaign Bets Big On Iowa
The Iowa Republican Party's Aug. 13 straw poll has become Pawlenty's sole focus six months before the state's leadoff presidential caucuses, and for good reason.
By traditional measures, the low-key Midwesterner has little to show for his efforts to raise his pr...See the full content of this document
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