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Bachmann, faith community renew call to not settle (IowaIndependent)

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Social conservatives shouldn’t settle for a moderate Republican nominee, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says, because there’s no question President Obama will be defeated in 2012.

“I think that cake has already been baked,” Bachmann said. “People have made that decision that he won’t have a second term. So if that is the case, my message is this: why would we settle? Why would we settle on a moderate? Why would we settle on someone who’s not clear on the issue of life, on the issue of religious liberty, on the issue of marriage between a man and a woman?"

Bachmann was in Des Moines today for a press conference with the Faith and Family Council, where she was joined by about a dozen pastors and other members of the faith community.

“If there’s any election when we can have it all, it’s this election,” she said.

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Complete article at Iowa Independent : http://bit.ly/nBYJrV