Fresh off a victory at the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday, Rep. Michele Bachmann will be visiting South Carolina this week starting with a Tuesday stop at the Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg.
That event begins at noon and is a Bachmann for President rally.
From there, the Minnesota Congresswoman will head to the TD Convention Center (formerly Carolina First Center) near the downtown airport in Greenville. That event is scheduled to start at 2:30.
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On Wednesday, Bachmann, according to CNN, will be in North Carolina to attend a fundraising session.
On Thursday, she’ll return to the South Carolina with an appearance at Dupre’s in Columbia at noon.
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Now that the Straw Poll is complete in Iowa, GOP candidates are expected to spend more time in South Carolina and New Hampshire.
Bachmann’s effectively knocked former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty from the race.
However, in dispatching one rival she has picked up another in Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who over the weekend. Perry, who has many of the same positions on issues as Bachmann, is expected to be a more formidable opponent than Pawlenty, particularly in South Carolina. He is scheduled to return to South Carolina on Friday with an .
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