GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann may run for president
Rep. Michele Bachmann speaks to a crowd after winning her congressional race for reelection on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.
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ABC News is reporting that Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann is considering a run for President. A source tells ABC that Bachmann will travel to Iowa this month for meetings with state political leaders. She is also reportedly booked to speak at a fundraiser on January 21, 2010 for a group called Iowans For Tax Relief.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Dennis Goldford, a political science professor at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, about a potential Bachmann presidential campaign.
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