Straw poll winner Congresswoman Michele Bachmann stressed her economic credentials on Sunday while speaking at a fund-raising dinner in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Rick Perry and Bachmann are now lining up as rivals to Mitt Romney in the fight for the nomination after Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race because of a poor straw poll showing.
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