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    <title>Iowa straw poll</title>
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      <title>Iowa Republicans Still Waiting For Superman (Or Woman)</title>
      <description>In the wake of the week  that was, at least in terms of the Ames Straw Poll, NPR sat down for lunch in Des  Moines Sunday with three influential Iowa  Republicans for a  freewheeling conversation about what the developments mean for  the  party.</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the wake of the week  that was, at least in terms of the Ames Straw Poll, NPR sat down for lunch in Des  Moines Sunday with three influential Iowa  Republicans for a  freewheeling conversation about what the developments mean for  the  party.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=139647896">&raquo; E-Mail This</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D139647896">&raquo; Add to Del.icio.us</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Meaning Of Iowa Straw Poll Is That There Isn't One</title>
      <description>Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll, but the presumptive frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination and winner of the poll in 2007, Mitt Romney, didn't even compete. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who also didn't compete in the poll, entered the race Saturday with polling numbers near Romney's before he even announced.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll, but the presumptive frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination and winner of the poll in 2007, Mitt Romney, didn't even compete. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who also didn't compete in the poll, entered the race Saturday with polling numbers near Romney's before he even announced.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=139609647">&raquo; E-Mail This</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D139609647">&raquo; Add to Del.icio.us</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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