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Michele Bachmann won a straw poll held at a conservative conference this weekend. | AP photo Michele Bachmann scored a victory in a straw poll held at a conservative conference over the weekend. The Minnesota congresswoman won 23 percent of the vote from attendees of The Awakening 2011, a gathering at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Though she was scheduled to address attendees, Bachmann sent a video message instead while she remained in Washington because of the potential government shutdown. Mike Huckabee came in a close second place, taking 23 percent. Newt Gingrich, who actually spoke to the conference’s...

They most certainly do, huh? I mean, Chris Matthews and his dome-sized head will spend an entire show on the Minnesota congresswoman. He and his lib pals are obsessed with her. We caught up with Congresswoman Bachmann at CPAC and asked her why she drives the left crazy. Here’s her response: (video at link)