Michele Bachmann Suspends Presidential Campaign
Vowing to continue fighting the “socialist” Obama, Bachmann announced earlier that she’s suspending her presidential campaign, in the aftermath of the Iowa results:
Bachmann Halts Presidential Aspirations
“I have decided to stand aside,” Bachmann said during an announcement in Des Moines, Iowa, where she had finished sixth in last night’s Republican caucus.
The announcement came after Bachmann canceled scheduled campaign appearances in South Carolina today.
The Minnesota congresswoman did not endorse any of the remaining Republican candidates. Nor did she indicate whether she plans to seek re-election to the U.S. House from a Minnesota district that has been re-drawn.
Instead, Bachmann said she will continue to work for “the complete repeal of ObamaCare,” and described the Obama administration as “the playground of left wing social engineering.”
The sixth-place finished damaged the chances of Bachmann, an Iowa native who represents neighboring Minnesota in the U.S. House. Bachmann won the heavily covered Iowa straw poll in August, but her support has steadily declined in the weeks since.
It should be noted that Bachmann also faces re-election for her House seat in November.