POLITICO.COM : "What we don’t know is whether Michele Bachmann’s serious about 2012 or whether she’s engaged in a long, Trump-like ploy to raise her profile and vacuum up money for her House campaign account. (See: Pay Bachmann $50 to run)"

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She can fire up a crowd. She’s good on television. She can raise money – lots of it. And no one is more conservative. This Woman is ideal for the Evangelical Christians, Super Conservatives and Old People.

POLITICO.COM
X factor: 5 questions for the GOP race
By ALEXANDER BURNS
May 17, 2011


X factor: 5 questions for the GOP race


Some excerpts :

How long does Michele Bachmann drag this out?

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There’s a gaping hole on the right wing of the Republican presidential field and no one else openly mulling a bid could jump through it better than Bachmann. CBS News quoted a senior Bachmann aide Monday calling it “very likely” that she’ll run. Yet a flurry of Iowa staff announcements and early-state trips has slowed recently, and Bachmann skipped the first GOP debate in South Carolina.

Bachmann is taking a risk by dragging out her decision. On the up side, she could benefit from a spate of feverish, will-she-or-won’t-she media attention, as the national press resists accepting that the Republican field is locked in place.

But in order to run a credible presidential campaign, the Iowa-born congresswoman would have to make a big splash at the Iowa straw poll in Ames this August. That requires preparation. Will she join the next debate June 13 in New Hampshire and start getting to work?

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