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Iowa straw poll the first contest for Thompson’s presidential bid

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Former Governor Tommy Thompson says he’s sticking to his original game plan in his dark-horse bid for the White House.That means focusing all his efforts on winning a Republican straw poll in Iowa, even though two of the frontrunners said recently they plan to blow it off.Shawn Johnson reports…

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