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Rep. Bachmann Iowa Campaign Co-Chair Endorses Ron Paul At Rally

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On the tail of Rep. Michele Bachmann herself denouncing rival Rep. Ron Paul as “dangerous” on Fox News, it appears that at least one of her campaign co-chairs seems to disagree. Yes, it’s true: Iowa State Senator (and Iowa Bachmann Campaign Co-Chair) Kent Sorenson appeared at a Rep. Paul rally earlier tonight, and endorsed a candidate on whose campaign he is not on an official leader.

RELATED: Michele Bachmann Dismisses Possible Ron Paul Win: He ‘Would Be Dangerous As President’

Sen. Sorenson appeared at the Iowa Fairgrounds for a Rep. Paul event a little while ago, and made his endorsement official. The news initially came from sources on the ground in Iowa via Twitter, and was later corroborated by cable news sources. One particularly bizarre aspect of this defection? As Rachel Maddow explains, Sen. Sorenson was actually in attendance at a Rep. Bachmann rally earlier today, so either he was planning to leave his boss and went to a rally anyway, or had a very, very sudden change of heart.

Rachel Maddow breaking the news via MSNBC below:

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    I wonder how many public figures will come out in support of Paul when they realize the media is flat out wrong about Paul’s electability?

  • http://twitter.com/aipfan aipfan

    Good for him.

  • Anonymous

    Let me be the first to call Kent Sorenson a RINO.

  • http://twitter.com/HighlyRandom Highly Random

    bachmann has a terrible habit of picking men who are fans of the other team.

  • Anonymous

    Wow! They’re now jumping from clown car to clown car. The fun continues…

  • http://twitter.com/aipfan aipfan

    Actually, according to the Twitter, Bachmann’s now saying that he left because he was offered a better salary to join the Paul campaign.

    If that’s true, then I take back about half of commendation, as the guy was just looking out for his own wallet.

  • Brewzer

    Welcome Aboard!

  • Anonymous

    I see what you did there.

  • News Of The World

    High-larious!!!!  Oh yeah, baby.  Ramp up the circus music!  The GOPBaggers are at it again!  Hahahahahaha.  Couldn’t write a better, more entertaining script that these dumbasses running for President.

  • Hout Bosques

    Did you SEE that line-up of nativist thugs behind Paul & Sorenson?

  • Hout Bosques

    Well, yeah, fine – but the fact is Bachmann is going to be clobbered in this Iowa caucus battle, lucky to end up 5th, and she’s one and done in the national battle. And on top of that, as state campaign co-chair, this guy would know how strapped she is for “resources”.  

    So – if you happen to be a state pol with a big skinhead nativist following, where do you go to stay relevant?

  • Hout Bosques

    But it was pretty darned good, yes no?

  • Anonymous

    So Paul continues to rise as the other candidates fall.
    Great news for Paul, horrible and devastating news for Obama.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    You, sir, are a Pundit Par Excellence.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    It was very good, indeed.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    What a happy image. Thank you.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Uh huh.

  • Anonymous

    FANTASTIC.  I wonder how the media will try to spin this.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I think Yoda, above, gave the definitive answer.

  • Anonymous

    ROFLMAO  PLZZZZZZZ  PLZZZZZ PLZZZZZ MAKE RON PAUL YOUR GOP CANDIDATE.. OR INDEPENDENT ! PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

    IT WILL BE FUNNY WHEN OBAMA WINS ALL 50 STATES!

  • huffnnoccupyn

    OMG! I’m running out of popcorn! Someone needs to make a popcorn run, because we’re almost to the good part.

  • Anonymous

    sign of a pc illiterate:

    “the twitter”

  • Anonymous

    ouch !  but excellent

  • Anonymous

    you’re delusional..   obama wins all 50 states easily if ron paul is the candidate..  i soooo hope he wins the gop nom ..

    btw, last i heard rick santorum is now rising in iowa polls

    the entire gop circus is a cast of clowns.. what a disgraceful line up you have

  • ganmerlad

    I am too comfortable, there is beer in the fridge and some cheeto’s in the pantry, think of it like a republican super-bowl instead. Plus, we get to play drinking games. Someone just has to come up with the trigger words.

  • ganmerlad

    Paul has 11% of Republican votes at this time, and the heat has already begun.  Dems should back off and help him win the primary, but it is really impossible to not pull him apart. I speak from experience.  Sigh.  

    To that I say “Ron Paul 2012!”

  • Anonymous

    I’m not sure, at the end of the day Obama is a very comfortable choice for most people, Paul is somewhat radical and you will notice a difference in your life if he takes off, some people for good, some for worse. I mean, sure, it all means “Freedom” to Paul at the end of the day, but I wonder, do people really want the EPA gone? Paul may be a strong candidate but I wonder if the arguments against his ideas are stronger. Fox News might not be able to intelligently dissect Paul’s thinking, to point out any glaring issues.. but I think the Obama administration will be able to, plus they’ve had time to figure out what Paul is about and probably have several scenarios of attack. Doesn’t mean he can’t win… but it will be an interesting election.

    Ron Paul vs Barack Obama… it’s good for the country, better than the other candidates. I hope Paul picks Huntsman for his running mate.

  • Anonymous

    another ronulan. Yippeeeeeeeeee

  • http://twitter.com/aipfan aipfan
  • ganmerlad

    “Somewhat” radical?  He wants to do away with the EPA, the FDA, the FAA, the Department of Education, the Fed, social security, medicaid, medicare, public property, national roads and bridges, bank regulations, business regulations, industrial regulations…   See, I really can’t stop myself from ripping on his insane plans.  I am not actually bothered about his fantasies, though, as much as I am that he has a lockstep following.  And everyone of his fans seems to have no actual idea of the world he is trying to make.  It is like arguing with a spike covered marshmallow.  Whatever.

  • Anonymous

    This Ken Doll guy told Bachmann he couldn’t speak at her rally that afternoon because he had just had some dental work done.

    Drill, baby, drill…

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    indubitably

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    Giggle.

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

    Looks like it will be
    Nativist thugs VS Hout Bosques and his Butt Plugs.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, the Obama team must be wetting their pants at the thought of Ron Paul in the general. 

  • Anonymous

    Is that a direct quote from the Captain of the Titanic?

  • shonangreg

    Wait, I thought big-government Bachmann would be the RINO . . .

    Republicans. You can’t govern with them, and they can’t do anything right on their own.

  • shonangreg

    “RINO” (anytime)
    “dangerous” when referring to Paul
    “socialist” when referring to Obama.
    “job creators” the rest of the time.

    You might better take small swallows ;-)

  • shonangreg

    Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

    One good result of Paul becoming the candidate: Obama wouldn’t have to take any time out to campaign. It would just be one continuous eight-year term with a re-swearing ceremony in the middle.

    Don’t believe me, though. Nominate Paul. Please.

  • ganmerlad

    There is one good candidate, but fortunately the republican party dismissed him off hand.

  • Anonymous

    So Mini-Me Bachmann goes to Sarah Palins playbook  on TV tonight and says I am the Margret Thatcher of the GOP, in Sarah Palins book” Going Rogue” she wrote how as a young girl she admired Thatcher, and in fact was going to go to The UK earlier in the year to meet her. Then if that wasnt enough Bachman on, “On The Record” tonight stold another line of Sarah Palins, when she said”Im Not For Sale” from Sarahs famous Idianola Iowa speech from Labor Day. Does Bachmann have an original thought in her air-head? Its time for her to go back to Minnesota and tend to Marcus’s clinic.

  • ganmerlad

    You get a thumbs up for intensity.  Now say it slowly. I think it might be interesting.

  • ganmerlad

    “Lame stream media.”  ”gotcha”  and “entitlement” have to go on the list.  Possibly “elite”.   Don’t worry about me, I am game.  As long as I am not bored and falling asleep, I can handle my liquor.

  • Anonymous

    The party is is splitting!  This is just the start of the fun!  Unfortunately for the GOP they have been hijacked by the Tgags and the party will not unite under one candidate.

    Obama’s reelection (deserved or not) is assured.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

    “Reagan”
    “Socialist”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

    Would our children be any less educated without the dept of education? Really?

  • Anonymous

    I’m pretty sure Marcus Bachmann made a pass at Kent and he felt uncomfortable enough to leave.

    You can quote me on that.

  • Anonymous

    Wow!  You are in denial!  It’s actually kind of sad!

  • Anonymous

    Well telling the truth isn’t one of Michele Bachmann’s strong points!  She rates pretty poorly on politifact.   http://www.politifact.com/personalities/michele-bachmann/   Also, I doubt that the Paul campaign is paying him anything!  They actually only have a handful of paid staffers…. most are volunteers!

  • Anonymous

    Why are you still debating whether you want to have a President who can lay out an economic and constitutional thesis without a teleprompter? Do you really want an economically illiterate president advised by Don Corzine?

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    The guy finally realized Bachmann had no chance of winning based on her profound ignorance… well, better late then never!!

  • Centrist79

    Not that I am a Bachmann fan at all, but this was kinda of a ahole move a week before the caucaus.

  • Anonymous

    Ooof…awesome.

  • Anonymous

    This guy is a hipster in Iowa G.O.P. circles.  To the rest of the world he’s just a skinhead Chuck Todd.

  • Anonymous

    Poor Michele!  Now she knows how Sandra Bullock felt when she found out that Jesse James was actually “in bed” with Michelle “Bombshell” McGhee!  Senator Kent Sorenson is the Jesse James of the Republican Party!

  • Anonymous

    Judas received 30 pieces of silver for his betrayal.  How much did Kent Sorenson receive? 

  • Anonymous

    Kent Sorenson went to a Bachmann rally earlier in the day.  I wonder if he followed in the footsteps of Judas and betrayed her with a kiss?

    We should also check to see if he kissed Marcus!

  • Anonymous

    Unlike Brutus, Kent Sorenson could not wait until the ”Ides of March” to stab Michele in the forum!

  • Anonymous

    “So Paul continues to rise as the other candidates fall.”  Sounds like Ron Paul is watching a porno flick!  At 76 he doesn’t even need viagra?

    P.S. Are you implying that Michele is a “fallen women”?

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  • Anonymous

    the game of anyone but Romney continues.
    Undecideds Hold Sway in Iowa Caucus show full description  

    Six of the GOP presidential candidates are
    actively campaigning in Iowa ahead of next week’s caucuses, but as AP’s Robert
    Ray reports, some voters still aren’t satisfied with their options http://www.newslook.com/videos/385826-undecideds-hold-sway-in-iowa-caucus?autoplay=true

  • Anonymous

    The same departments you mentioned are ruining our country, every department that is created costs the tax payers money, none of them are free and we can do just fine without most of them. The states already have most of these departments, we don’t need Washington to duplicate what our states already have and steal our money. What ever happened to personel responsibility ? must the federal government do everything for you ? Most people work 3 or 4 months a year just to pay their taxes. Our government has grown into a monster with too much power over the people. The only department we really need is the DOD, and that should be cut back 50%.Our freedom is being taken away by our own government. We got through WW-2 without most of these departments just fine, people were more responsible then, it wasn’t a nanny state. 

  • Anonymous

    Obama hasn’t stopped campainging since he ran for president last time. When is he going to demonstrate some leadership ? We need a president, not a campaigner.

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