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Bachmann polls very low in South Carolina

A new survey of likely Republican voters shows the Minnesota Congresswoman trailing far behind.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Sep 20, 2011

Some pundits have been speculating Michele Bachmann's campaign is flaming out. Now at least one poll seems to back that up.

MinnPost reports on a survey of Republican voters from Winthrop University that shows her trailing far behind in the single-digits in South Carolina.

CBS News followed Bachmann on a visit to her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. She told a crowd there that people shouldn't be tethered to employers for health care, rather they should be able to use tax-free money to buy their own health insurance.

The Republican hopeful also slammed President Obama's spending policies during a stop at a manufacturing plant, but the message may have been a little out of place. The Los Angeles Times reports OMJC Signal gets about 80 percent of its revenue from government projects.

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