2011-08-13politico.com

``Michele Bachmann has been named the winner of the Iowa straw poll, taking 4,823 votes out of nearly 17,000 cast. Ron Paul was a close runner-up, taking 4,671 votes and trailing Bachmann by less than 200 ballots. In a distant third place was former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who took 2,293 votes after investing heavily in the event. '' -- Would you be surprised to hear that something like 19 out of 20 headlines about this event on Google News didn't even mention Ron Paul?



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