Failure in Iowa Straw Poll Could Doom Pawlenty’s Candidacy
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Republican Tim Pawlenty has done everything usually needed to become a top-tier contender in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. So far, there’s little sign his work is paying off.
That has raised the stakes for the former Minnesota governor to make a good showing in the Aug. 13 Iowa Straw Poll, a carnival-like contest run by the state’s Republican Party that tests the early strength of presidential aspirants.