This has to be embarrassing for Team Pawlenty. A new Gallup poll has fringe candidate Michelle Bachmann leading former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty for the Republican nomination for President.
The latest Gallup poll of Republicans who may run for the White House in 2012 shows GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann slightly ahead of former Gov. Tim Pawlenty. The poll shows a wide open field among potential contenders. Mike Huckabee leads the field followed by Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin.National polls this far out from the primary are essentially meaningless but Pawlenty has been trying to break through to conservatives with his anti-DADT and anti-union views.
Bachmann received support from four percent of those polled. Pawlenty received support from three percent of those polled.