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12 de agosto de 2011Receita paga hoje restituições do terceiro lote do IR 2011
16 de agosto de 2011In what ended up as a revolving door weekend for
the Republican presidential hopefuls, the former governor of Minnesota,
Tim Pawlenty, exited the race yesterday, citing a poor showing in a
non-binding straw poll of party voters in Iowa, just hours after Rick
Perry, the Governor of Texas, confirmed that he was coming in. Mr
Pawlenty, who had seemed well positioned at first to build support, both
among conservatives and social moderates in the party, had been
faltering for weeks before he came in a distant third in the much
vaunted Ames Straw Poll in Iowa, behind maverick libertarian Ron Paul
and the Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.
The drama of the weekend, which began with a
feisty television debate in Ames on Thursday, thus brought the first
winnowing out of the field of contenders for the nomination. While there
is still almost six months before the state-by-state selection process
begins, in the Iowa caucuses in February, there are signs now that it
may quickly boil down to a three-way bout featuring Ms Bachmann,
Governor Perry and Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts,
who has led in national polls for many weeks.
While
Sunday’s straw poll should not be taken as a serious predictor of
things to come in the race – candidates essentially bribe supporters to
show up and vote by offering transport and buying them tickets to
participate – it can give a boost to those who do well.
