to her they ll see she has no business being in this race. what do you think is going on here? how is she being received? i think he s been received generally in a positive way from a lot of republican audiences. sort of surprisingly. she actually overperformed the level of republican support that you see, if you look back at the senate race that she ran in california. i think having a woman on stage who is a professional business woman is something that isn t a negative for the republican party. last time they had michelle back bachmann bachmann. did that help them? i don t think she has a victory there s something else in it for her. the party doesn t want 12 guys on the sage saying how terrible the first female president is. they ll keep doing it. she s adding to the chorus. i don t see her as being the designated anti-hillary.
the she ite government has issued an arrest warrant the top stunni official and outed anoken critic of the prime minister. it accuses him of terrorism. president obama and vice president joe biden will welcome him home tomo wasow. nie now back to greta. greta: big win for newt gingrich. he won the nationwide tea party straw poll. 31% of the votes, back bachmann came in 28%. romney with 20% and santorum came in fourth with 16%. now, the poll was taken as?er just four candidates answered question in a townhall. so d what about the poll s results.
states very dangerous. the heavy snow and high winds closing highways. two deaths happening when a van flipped over in colorado. forecasters expecting 8 to 16 inches of snow before that storm ends sometime on tuesday. i m ainsley earhardt. we now return to on the record with gret a. for the latest headlines, go to foxnews.com. o . greta: big win for newt gingrich. he won the nationwide tea party straw poll. 31% of the votes, back bachmann came in 28%. romney with 20% and santorum came in fourth with 16%. now, the poll was taken as?er just four candidates answered question in a townhall. so d what about the poll s results.
good news going into the fall. michele bachmann, too in. as well. she s the republican front-runner in iowa in a strong performance there, she ll be able to maintain that title. but if she does have some vulnerability, it could seem she has chink in her armor. it was interesting reading the papers over the weekend because it looks like ther campaign is closely calculating her appearance. the new yorker says she can t be photographed in casual close. the handlers want the crowd tight so it looks like she has big crowds. is that just smart politics or a little manipulative when you compare it to other campaigns? well, image is always important in presidential campaigns. as you mentioned the back bachmann campaign is taking special attention. when there s a tough story about her, she continues to stay on script. doesn t want to get down into stories that might be damaging
for president of the united states. if she wins her party s nomination, she would be the first female presidential nominee of either major party. if she president, she would be the first female president, of course, and she would be the first person since james garfield in 1880 to be elected president directly from the house of representatives. still, though, even though things look good for michelle bachmann s chances in iowa, she s already polling right along side national front rubber mitt romney there. despite more bachmann mania that you might expect from the beltway press, despite all of those things, it s probably wise want to get too far ahead of ourselves when considering the presidential prospects for michelle back bachmann. you may recall as a proto-candidate michelle ç bachmann congratulated that wasn t nearly as weird as what she said today on her first interview with the fox news channel after declaring her candidacy. what i want them to know is