On the Ground at the Ames Straw Poll

By: BA Cyclone (Diary)  |  August 16th at 01:26 AM  | 

Full disclosure:  I volunteered for the Michele Bachmann campaign at the Ames Straw Poll. I thought I would share with you a few pictures and just a little insight into what it looked like “on the ground” this past Saturday at the Ames Straw Poll. My day began early in the morning, as I made the 90-minute drive to get to Ames in time for | Read More »

Michele Bachmann really brings them out

By: BA Cyclone (Diary)  |  June 24th at 11:51 AM  | 

This morning I was reading a mildly interesting story about the Iowa Straw Poll, and how six candidates “purchased real estate” for the Straw Poll via auction.  Frankly, I have never visited this event before, so the background and detail was new to me. Anyway, halfway into the online article, the story takes a very strange twist.  Maybe because Michelle Bachmann is an Iowa native, | Read More »