Michele Bachmann

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is harkening back to a past woman world leader with firm resolve - former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - as she tries to convince American veterans that she would make a strong commander in chief.

Well-traveled Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is making a public appearance in Minnesota to give a speech to the American Legion's national convention.

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has dropped out of the race for President after taking third place in the Iowa straw poll. He announced his decision on ABC's "This Week" this morning.

Republican presidential candidate and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has won the Iowa Straw Poll.

The latest issue of Newsweek examines Michele Bachmann's presidential bid. But the controversy has already started over whether Newsweek was trying to make the conservative candidate look crazy with their cover.

Republicans in Iowa will head to Ames this Saturday to participate in a straw poll. College of St. Benedict and St. John's University Political Science Professor Kay Wohlsborn says for candidates like former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty it could be a make-or-break poll.

Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty plans to fade from Iowa's paid airwaves just days from the critical GOP straw poll.

Minnesota Congressman Chip Cravaack has bucked Republican leaders and voted against a House bill to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a government default. Cravaack, the state's newest member of Congress, joined fellow Republican Michele Bachmann Friday in voting against the bill.

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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she opposes GOP House Speaker John Boehner's plan to increase the federal borrowing authority. Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, is telling Iowans that she will vote against any measure in Congress to raise the debt ceiling.