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after a weekend of state fair politics in iowa, the two most talked about republicans in the race are michele bachmann, who you just saw, and rick perry, who you also just saw. both candidates who have stayed said they were called to run for office, and both candidates who have made their faith a centerpiece of their political identities. accounting for her win at the ames straw poll, one bachmann campaign staffer told npr, bachmann s faith-based organization was over the top and the report also noted the staffer was reading a t-shirt reading jesus is lord over america. perry, of course, quoted evangelical christians and controversy with his prayer rally in houston earlier this month. evangelicals were the hottest political story for much of the last decade, the tea party has largely dislodged them from the headlines, yet i think bachmann and perry show the base of the republican party remains defined by its commitment to a very specific christian world view.

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