Michele Bachmann campaign chairman endorses Ron Paul ( Archived) (12)

Breaking: Michele Bachmann campaign chairman endorses Ron Paul
Mary Stegmeir 7:47 PM, Dec 28, 2011

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s Iowa campaign chairman Kent Sorenson tonight endorsed Ron Paul, one of her rivals in the Iowa caucus race.

“I believe we’re at a turning point in this campaign,” Sorenson said during his surprise announcement this evening at a Ron Paul rally in Des Moines. “… I thought it was my duty to come to his aid, just like he came to my aid during my Senate race, which was a very nasty race.”

The state senator from Indianola was greeted with a round of applause from the roughly 500 people gathered at the Iowa fairgrounds for the event.

Many rose to their feet and hoisted Paul campaign signs above their heads when Sorenson added: “We’re going to take Ron Paul all the way to the White House.”

Sorenson told The Register he had been thinking about supporting Paul for a couple of days, but that he didn’t make the decision to switch campaigns until this evening.

Sorenson said he drove to Paul’s 7 p.m. event, called a Paul staffer and asked: “Do you guys want me on board?”

“(The staffer) walked out to the parking lot and then I walked in with him,” Sorenson said.

Sorenson declined to talk about the Bachmann campaign, instead saying he was basing his decision on the strength of Paul’s efforts in Iowa.

“The fact of the matter is that I believe we have a clear, top-tier race between Romney and Ron Paul,” said Sorenson, who also noted he believed the “Republican establishment” was unfairly biased against the congressman’s bid for office.

“We have a choice where we can elect more of the same like what we’re having in Romney, or we can elect someone who’s going to transform this country to get it back to what our founding fathers wanted, and I believe that’s Ron Paul,” he said.

The turnabout is a major surprise with just six days remaining before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. Sorenson, in fact, appeared at a Bachmann event just this afternoon — a stop at the Pizza Ranch in his hometown of Indianola.

Sorenson said little at the event, but appeared with Bachmann and clearly offered indications of support for her candidacy.

Fellow Bachmann campaign co-chairman Brad Zaun told reporters Sorenson had just returned from the dentist, and Sorenson himself said he was saying little because he was still numb and afraid he would drool on himself.

Sorenson has been with the Bachmann campaign for months, traveling by her side throughout Iowa and acting as a surrogate at campaign events and in the press.

He is serving his first term in the Iowa Senate and previously served one term in the state House. A Paul press release lauds him as a leader in the fight in defense of traditional family values, the sanctity of life, and a restoration of Second Amendment rights.

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Smart moves!! They don't need to divide the votes. Very wise to have her pull out NOW, before the causus.

This is just so AWESOME!!

And did you see the #'s? Romney 25%, Ron Paul 22%,
Rick Santorum 16%, and poor little Newton L. Gingrich has FALLEN to 14%

GO RON PAUL!!!

Well, that was a farce. She has not lost the teaparty endorsement... YET.

I am waiting for them to wise up and back Ron Paul.

It's going to be Mitt vs Ron, just wait and see.

HL

Yes, I saw the numbers. Ron leads in most Iowa local polls. Experts say the it depends on the weather in Iowa on January 3rd about who will win. It depends on voter turnout. Iowa is a State of 3 million people and it's only expected that 100,000 will actually vote.

If the weather is bad, it favors Ron Paul because of lower voter turnout. The weather is expected to be good in Iowa on voting day.

Polls, indorcements, who's leading , who's trailing . It is too early to see who the big money wants for president . That is who will win the election, the one that spends the most on it . As soon as they get someone that does what they want then that cadidate will be the winner . Ron Paul was the candidate in the last election that wanted to tax wall street . Now you know that they are never going to let someone like that get ahead . Well maybe if they can " perswade " him to there side .

Actually, I believe most Iowans know just how important this election is and I project that they will have an unexpected huge turnout at the polls.

People are tires of the same ole, same ole and they know Ron is a man of integrity, sincerity, honesty and he's not skeered. He's been taking on Washington for 30 years and he won't back down.

Surely he will take Iowa and I suspect New Hampshire also.