He knows he would face the same hurdle faced by the other two House of Representatives presidential candidates, Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann: Mounting an effective presidential campaign from a House seat is extremely difficult.

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Its adherents (including Mr Paul's fellow Republicans Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann) differ a lot in their preoccupations and prescriptions.

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As for the bipartisan effort to stop SOPA I mentioned earlier, it is opposed by individuals as diverse as Republican Representatives Michelle Bachmann, Darrell Issa and Ron Paul, as well as Democratic Representative Zoe Lofgren and Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Maria Cantwell.

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Those efforts paid dividends this year, with Paul coming in second at the recent Ames Straw Poll just behind Michele Bachmann, who invested in shrewdly integrating digital boots on the ground to her overall, successful push in Iowa.

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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll in Ames, followed by libertarian Congressman Ron Paul.

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Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Jr. and Michele Bachmann were the candidates in the test.

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Michele Bachmann and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin in the same pile as presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan.

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