Bachmann to deliver response to Obama’s jobs speech
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WASHINGTON - GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann will deliver a response immediately after President Obama's speech before a joint session of Congress tonight on job creation.
The event is officially being billed as a press conference but responding to the president is a role she's assumed before. Last January, Bachmann delivered a tea party response to the president's State of the Union address.
Unlike many presidential addresses, House Republicans have declined to issue a formal response to Obama's speech, offering Bachmann a chance to briefly regain the media spotlight.
Bachmann's response comes after a debate performance last night that was described by some commentators as disappointing. While the Stillwater Congresswoman won the Ames Straw Poll last month in Iowa, since then she's been contending with the entrance into the race of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Last night's debate centered around Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. At one point, Bachmann did not get a chance to speak for 20 minutes during the nearly two hour debate.
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