A look at some of the most memorable talking points from the GOP candidates at CNN debate.
Michele Bachmann ended her bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, hours after a disappointing sixth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
Rep. Michele Bachmann explains why she ran for the presidency and why she's pulling out following Iowa.
In 2012, a strong Web presence must be part of every political hopeful's strategy.
From Mitt Romney's apparent growing confidence to Newt Gingrich's fading expectations, to Rick Santorum's coming under increased scrutiny, there's a new political reality in the Hawkeye State with just four days to go until the Iowa caucuses.
Michele Bachmann understands that to fill her campaign sail (I'm going with a nautical theme today), she must steal that air from the sails of the leading candidates.
NBC has apologized to Rep. Michele Bachmann after the house band for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" played an inappropriate song during her appearance on the show Monday, CNN confirmed Thursday.
Jimmy Fallon's band, The Roots, is taking heat for the song they played as Michele Bachmann walked onto the set.
GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann discusses Pakistan and immigration after Tuesday's CNN debate.
There's an old saying that a lie can go halfway around the world while the truth is putting its boots on -- and in politics, a steady drumbeat of misinformation and mischaracterization can too often shape the national debate.
Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann said at Saturday's foreign policy debate that they would renew the use of waterboarding, the controversial practice banned by President Barack Obama. "I don't see it as torture. I see it as an enhanced interrogation technique," Cain said. His comments were met with loud cheers of support from the debate audience. Bachmann, meanwhile, called the practice "very effective" and said Obama "is allowing the ACLU to run the CIA." After the debate, Romney aides told CNN that he does not believe waterboarding is torture.
In the GOP presidential candidates' debate Saturday night in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota cited numbers relating to debt and deficit and implied that the Obama administration is to blame for their increases.
Silly season has begun again. The sideshow is threatening to move into the big tent, and distraction will seem like it's the main event.
CNN's Erin Burnett takes a closer look at Herman Cain's new political campaign ad.
The Republican presidential candidates spar over the issues at the CNN GOP debate in Las Vegas.
Now that he's running in the top tier of national polls, Herman Cain's "9-9-9" tax plan came under immediate criticism from his rivals at a GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.
At Tuesday night's GOP Presidential Debate in Hanover, New Hampshire, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann criticized the Affordable Care Act claiming the health care plan puts political appointees in charge of medical decisions that are currently made by patients and their doctors.
For the second straight Republican presidential debate, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann on Tuesday said that the health care reform act championed by President Barack Obama is the No. 1 reason that employers aren't hiring.
GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann vows she would make changes to Obama's policies in her first 100 days.
Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann defended her position on gay rights, the HPV vaccine and the debt ceiling as she made her debut on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
Perhaps it was because Rep. Michele Bachmann was in her element at the CNN/Tea Party Republican Debate. With her campaign flagging, the founder of the Tea Party Caucus in Congress delivered a surprise body blow to the GOP front-runner, Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann accuses Rick Perry of helping drug companies with the HPV vaccine.
CNN's Anderson Cooper looks into Rep. Michele Bachmann's suggestion that the HPV vaccine is dangerous.
CNN DC Bureau Chief Sam Feist on why CNN partnered with the Tea Party for tonight's debate and what viewers can expect.
Here are key storylines and strategies to watch for in Monday night's CNN/Tea Party Republican Debate.
She's been in the national spotlight only a few years, but in that fairly short amount of time, Michele Bachmann has gained real notoriety -- even if, at times, the attention has come for reasons that she may wish to put behind her.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) talks to CNN's John King about getting closer to a decision on a presidential run.
It's difficult to find an Iowa Republican who thinks Michele Bachmann has an easy road ahead.
Michele Bachmann attacks President Obama's decision to announce his economic plan the night of a GOP debate.
CNN's John King and panel members talk about whether Michele Bachmann's statements match the facts.
President Michele Bachmann has a promise: $2 gas.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says a lot of "good people" are in the running for the presidential nomination.
Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa last weekend -- and that may be the last good news she gets for a while.
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann criticizes Warren Buffett's comments that taxes should be increased on the rich.
A day can be a long time in politics, and that was certainly true this past Saturday.
Michelle Bachmann defends the tea party against declining poll numbers and where she is willing to comporomise on issue.
Rep. Michele Bachmann wins straw poll in Ames, Iowa. Gov. Rick Perry beats Mitt Romney. CNN's Paul Steinhauser reports.
An Iowa debate crowd boos when Rep. Michele Bachmann is asked about submitting to her husband.
While a lot of the focus after Thursday's Republican debate was on Newt Gingrich snapping at Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace for asking "gotcha" and "Mickey Mouse" questions, what I found the most offensive one of the night was Byron York questioning Rep. Michelle Bachmann with regards to submission.
Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty criticized each other during the FOX News debate in Iowa.
So here's what I learned watching Thursday night's Republican debate:
In all of my years covering politics on the local, state and national level, many stories have earned the "Are you serious?" look.
The eyes have it
updated: Thu Aug 11 2011 03:04:00
Comedians eye Michele Bachmann's eyes on Newsweek cover. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
The cycle of incitement continued this week as Democrats frustrated with the debt-ceiling deal equated the tea party with terrorists, just weeks before the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
At a DNC fundraiser, President Obama says there's no time to play politics when there's work to be done on the economy.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, is concerned about job loss and poverty.
Rep. Michele Bachmann is cutting short her presidential campaign trip to Iowa to return to Washington for a vote on a debt ceiling deal.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains to John King what Michele Bachmann's headaches may mean for her, her health and her campaign.
The puzzle that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's migraine condition poses is emblematic of the confusion that has surrounded the disease for decades, if not millennia:
First of all: Michele Bachmann will not be getting my vote for president.
When Republican presidential candidate and tea party favorite Michele Bachmann was recently asked by Fox News' Chris Wallace if she was "a flake," the moment seemed like déjà vu all over again for some women active in politics.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will not sign a controversial marriage vow from the Iowa social conservative group, The Family Leader.
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann visits a diner in Iowa City and discusses her motivation focusing on Iowa.
According to recent polls by The Des Moines Register and The Iowa Republican, Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney are in a virtual tie for top of the pack, with Bachmann edging ahead, among caucus-goers.
A top adviser to Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign apologized late Wednesday for making a reference to Michele Bachmann's "sex appeal" during an interview.
Yes, it has already begun: The comparisons between Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin--one declared as a presidential candidate at this point, the other in a prolonged state of suspension. Their hair. Their jackets. The fashion face-off.
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is getting more creative, and apparently more aggressive, in her political attacks against President Barack Obama.
With U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota making a splash in the Republican presidential campaign while Sarah Palin sits on the sidelines, is Bachmann edging Palin out of the Tea Party's heart?
Forget political pedigree, executive experience or ties to deep-pocketed donors.
Republican Michele Bachmann officially announces her bid for the presidency in her hometown, Waterloo, Iowa.
On Monday morning, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann formally announced her candidacy for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, made her official announcement for the Republican presidential nomination Monday in Iowa. Speaking from a rally in her hometown of Waterloo, Bachmann told a cheering crowd that America "cannot afford another four years of Barack Obama." She hit the president on his health care reform plan, foreign policy, the housing crisis, and especially jobs.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is a Tea Party favorite and now a GOP presidential candidate. CNN's Joe Johns reports.
Rep. Michele Bachmann boasted of having a "titanium spine" in an interview broadcast Sunday, the day before she formally enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
There are three ways to run for president these days.
Michele Bachmann gets high marks at the first Republican debate. CNN's Mary Snow reports on her performance.
Seven Republican candidates faced off on Monday in the first debate in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary of the 2012 election.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's newly official presidential bid drew fresh eyes Tuesday after complimentary reviews of her performance in a face-off with her Republican rivals.
She's been in the national spotlight only a few years, but in that fairly short amount of time, Michele Bachmann has gained real notoriety -- even if, at times, the attention has come for reasons that she may wish to put behind her.
The first big Republican debate ended with two clear winners in the race for the nomination: Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann. And there was one other candidate who helped himself: Newt Gingrich.
Which candidates connected with voters at Monday's GOP New Hampshire debate? Undecided voters weigh in.
A lot of New Hampshire voters may have been watching the Boston Bruins win Game 6 of the Stanley Cup, but a lot of money was watching the performance of the seven Republican candidates Monday night. Donors to campaigns, both large and small, have their checkbooks ready. They just need a reason to sign on the bottom line.
The GOP presidential candidates tackle the issue of immigration and explain how they would approach it if elected.
Strongest lines: No one sound bite dominated the debate, but two gimmicks stuck -- Mitt Romney announcing the Bruins' lead in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup to great applause and Michele Bachmann announcing her candidacy for president on the set.
Seven GOP candidates participate in CNN's first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate from Manchester.
Seven Republican presidential contenders faced off Monday in one of the first debates of the primary season, offering policy ideas and criticism of President Barack Obama to try to separate themselves from the competition almost 17 months before the 2012 election.
CNN will hold the first Republican presidential debate in the critical early voting state of New Hampshire at 8 p.m. ET on Monday.
Conservative Rep. Michele Bachmann Wednesday joined a growing list of Republican politicians and strategists distancing themselves from the "birther" issue that questions where President Barack Obama was born.
CNN got an exclusive ride along with GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann on her tour of New Hampshire.
First lady Michelle Obama found herself at the center of an unlikely breast-feeding debate this week when three prominent conservative women criticized her for encouraging the creation of a "nanny state."
CNN's John King holds a discussion on the IRS decision that breast-feeding is a medical expense.
Rep. Michele Bachmann calls on CPAC delegates to make President Obama a one-term leader.
Politics is serious business -- but not all the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail to the international stage, there's always something that gets a laugh or a second glance.
Politics is serious business -- but not all the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail to the international stage, there's always something that gets a laugh or a second glance.
The Tea Party campaigned on scaling back the size of government, and now we know how they want to do it.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, responded to President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night from the National Press Club. Here is a transcript of Bachmann's speech.
In an unusual move, Rep. Michele Bachmann will give a secondary response to President Obama's speech.
If you're angry at Washington politics, you're not alone. But if you're only angry at one party, you're missing the point.
Sen. Alan Grayson defends his campaign ads, which some observers say are misleading.
It's 3 p.m. on a busy weekday afternoon at the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul.
CNN's Gary Tuchman takes an inside look at the campaign of Rep. Michele Bachmann.
Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann speaks with CNN's Ali Velshi about the Tea Party movement and the GOP.
Republican hot button Sarah Palin took the stage Wednesday in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, calling on conservatives to "get our country back on the right track."
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the recent election proves Americans don't like where the Democrats are taking the country.
The thousands of restive conservative protesters milling outside the west front of the Capitol last week definitely didn't seem in the mood to listen -- but there was at least one voice they wanted to hear.
Much like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Rep. Michele Bachmann's name has become a kind of cultural shorthand -- a conservative rallying cry and a Jon Stewart punch line.
The House vote on a health care bill is a big victory for the president, but the battle's only half over.
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