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• Negative ads mix with holiday cheer in Iowa

  December 20, 2011 7:12 PM

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Iowa residents flipping their TV channels this season aren't finding a whole lot of Christmas cheer. A barrage of negative campaign ads is flooding the airwaves, with ghoulish images of Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi crowding Santa and doomsday music drowning out holiday song. Mitt Romney... more »

• Bachmann backs waterboarding

  November 13, 2011 12:00 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann tells NBC the Obama administration "is allowing the ACLU to run the CIA." She says the ban on waterboarding is hampering intelligence agents who are trying to get vital information about terrorism from detainees. In a debate last night she called for... more »

• Bachmann exaggerates directive in her criticism

  October 28, 2011 8:16 PM

  DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says the Obama administration is striking all references to Islam from Justice Department training manuals, an exaggeration of a directive from federal officials to evaluate procedures for religious and cultural sensitivity. The Minnesota congresswoman is equating the effort to removing suspicion... more »

• Bachmann: Obama college loan move abused power

  October 27, 2011 10:24 PM

  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is ripping a move by President Barack Obama to ease student loan debt as an "abuse of power" that will give people incentive to dodge debt. Bachmann reacted Thursday to a decision Obama announced a day earlier to cap... more »

• Bachmann brushes off idea she's given up on NH

  October 23, 2011 1:31 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is brushing off the idea that her campaign is all but giving up on winning the New Hampshire primary. The Associated Press reported last week that an exodus in New Hampshire cost Bachmann her staff in the first-in-the-nation primary state. The Minnesota... more »

• Romney is latest candidate to meet with Trump

  September 26, 2011 8:30 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Mitt Romney has become the latest Republican presidential candidate to meet with Donald Trump. Romney got together with Trump for about 45 minutes today at the real estate mogul's office in New York. Earlier this month, Rick Perry dined with Trump at a fancy... more »

• Slipping Bachmann seeks jolt for GOP campaign

  September 9, 2011 3:54 PM

  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Michele Bachmann is focusing her presidential campaign on Iowa, having dipped in national polls since Texas Gov. Rick Perry entered the race last month. The Minnesota congresswoman has struggled since winning the Iowa straw poll in August. This week she reshuffled her campaign's... more »

• Bachmann camp accused of shoving TV reporter in SC

  July 19, 2011 9:37 PM

  AIKEN, S.C. (AP) - ABC News says a reporter trying to question GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was pushed and shoved by members of her camp after a campaign event in South Carolina. Network news senior vice president Jeffrey Schneider said reporter Brian Ross was shoved Tuesday as security... more »

• Pawlenty blasts Bachmann's "nonexistent' record

  July 10, 2011 7:22 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says 2012 rival Michele Bachmann has a "nonexistent" record of accomplishment during her three terms in Congress. Pawlenty, who's behind in the polls and lagging in fundraising, says that as a former Minnesota governor, he has executive experience and achieved results under... more »

• Day 2 of Bachmann's 2012 tour goes to the dogs

  June 28, 2011 11:09 PM

  RAYMOND, N.H. (AP) - In her new White House bid, Republican Michele Bachmann has gone to the dogs. And cats. And birds. The Minnesota congresswoman argued in New Hampshire Tuesday that Washington is full of wasteful spending ideas. She cited obscure bills, including one pushed by a Democrat... more »

• Fox host apologizes for Bachmann 'flake' question

  June 27, 2011 12:48 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace says that he "messed up" by asking Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann whether she's a flake. The talk show host posted the video apology after his "Fox News Sunday" interview with the Minnesota congresswoman, who formally announced her presidential bid... more »

• Romney, Bachmann lead in 2012 Iowa caucus poll

  June 25, 2011 11:41 PM

  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A new Iowa Poll shows national Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and tea party favorite Michele Bachmann leading among the state's likely GOP caucus-goers. The poll conducted for The Des Moines Register shows Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, with support from 23 percent in Iowa.... more »