that s a scarring event and ron paul doesn t seem to take that seriously enough for a lot of conservatives out here in the iowa electorate. what remains still shocking to me is in that same poll, 41% of respondents say they could change their mind. 7% have no first choice, meaning that 50% of this thing is still up for grabs. we ll talk about iowa more after the break and whether the state creates even more confusion for the gop. that and so much more coming up next on now. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin.
us today. great to be with you, alex. thank you. so, alice, i wonder, the latest des moines register poll shows bachmann on par at 20% with santorum and perry in terms of relating to ordinary iowans but dead last in terms of electability. at what point do you think this race started getting away from you guys? keep in mind the only true poll is the iowa straw poll and michele bachmann won that after getting in the race late and having will less time and resources than any of the other candidates. that s important to note. since that time, we built on the organization that we had prior to the straw poll. we ve added county chairmen all across the state and precinct captains that will help prepare us for tomorrow night. so the i wat straw poll was a great gauge for us to determine the ground game that we had and support we had. we built on that and not only built on what we have here in iowa, in the past week, we brought in hundreds of volunteers from across the country that helped
ceases to be all that important. we republicans have never nominated the most pro-life candidate in their field. they always nominate someone pro-life enough and appeals to a broader base of conservative i bes. on ron paul, i think some of the criticism he s taking for things like the newsletters has sunk here. it s more on foreign policy he s lost ground. he s been hard for not taking the threat from iran seriously and foreign policy conservati conservativism spans all of the differenten conservative factions in the iowa electorate. although some of his rhetoric of his anti-war rhetoric is appealing, he seems a little bit naive to conservatives on the question of whether the america faces real threats in the world. he says over and over again in speeches that no one is going to bomb us or invade us, forgetting that 9/11 happened ten years ago. we weren t bombed or invaded but we did suffer of 3,000 lives lost in a terrorist act here, and people remember that.
will be among iowa voters? we re excited about our new add we launch this had morning. you can find it at michele back man.com. to joy s point in terms of pouring the water, that was a spur of the moment thing that she did. and it just goes to show that michelle is a compassionate person, she is a servant leader. certainly any of you that have children if you can help serve others, you do that. it was just a natural reaction for her to help, you know, the others get water at that event. but in terms of evangelical christians vote for a woman as not a help mate but the president? that s a great question. we have brought on many pastors and faith leaders from across iowa and added more than 30 in the past few days, bringing our total list to over 200 pastors and faith leaders. that s very important because pastors have a way obviously of speaking to their congregation