maybe not as close as the coleman/franken race but pretty close. i m getting two-minute warning we expect michele bachmann to be taking the podium here shortly. kelly, quickly, have you seen her in the building yet? as i understood it at the top of the hour i didn t think she was there just yet. reporter: right outside the doing, i ve been attached to the camera talking to you, there s the pipe and drape of campaign world that allows a candidate to come in without being obviously seen. we know that some aides have been waiting for her. if we have the two-minute warning, i m confident they wouldn t give that without her being in the building. i m told her best friend from california is with her, all of her family. and that one of the things we will probably hear is what she likes about the other candidates, wanting to be respectful and wanting to remind people that in her word, she could take it to president obama something she said countless times on the campaign trail, referring t
iowa doesn t mean she can t be effective as an operative against tobama administration. i think kelly s absolutely spot-on, you have to show respect to the people that have supported you all along, it s a process, part of the process and of course it s another opportunity to tell her story and where she wants to go. just crossing the a.p. wires that michele bachmann is ending her campaign, according to excuse me, according to bachmann advisors saying that the presidential hopeful will be announcing, coming up shortly, that this will be the time where she says that it will be over for her. our chuck todd is joining me from new hampshire. we had audio issues coming off the top of the show. michele bachmann was riding high once she won the ames straw poll. now her popularity obviously has gone down. now that we know she is officially ending her bid, we have to ask the question, is texas governor rick perry going to follow, since he, too, chanced his events in south carolina today. n
probably would continue on. however, now we re seeing the fact that here we are the day after it s narrowed down, eliminating rick perry and michele bachmann, not officially yet, but here we have this. so where would bachmann s weight go from here on out? it depends if she gets together with perry and gingrich. i think that this is a very poor showing by newt gingrich yesterday in iowa. i mean, newt gingrich has one of most, you know, spread out, most publicized names in all of american politics over the last 20 years and all he could do is 13% in iowa. he s got to realize, see the write on the wall as well. he s going to dry everything he can for the conservative right and i think that there s going to be a little fraternity getting together that s the anti-mitt romney crowd. we ll talk to chuck todd in a second. having audio issues and with him. kelly o donnell s in iowa at bachmann event. set the tone for us about the crowd that s gathers and what the expectations are. reporte
coleman/franken race but pretty close. i m getting two-minute warning we expect michele bachmann to be taking the podium here shortly. kelly, quickly, have you seen her in the building yet? as i understood it at the top of the hour i didn t think she was there just yet. reporter: right outside the doing, i ve been attached to the camera talking to you, there s the pipe and drape of campaign world that allows a candidate to come in without being obviously seen. we know that some aides have been waiting for her. if we have the two-minute warning, i m confident they wouldn t give that without her being in the building. i m told her best friend from california is with her, all of her family. and that one of the things we will probably hear is what she likes about the other candidates, wanting to be respectful and wanting to remind people that in her word, she could take it to president obama something she said countless times on the campaign trail, referring to her titanium spine and o
effective as an operative against tobama administration. i think kelly s absolutely spot-on, you have to show respect to the people that have supported you all along, it s a process, part of the process and of course it s another opportunity to tell her story and where she wants to go. just crossing the a.p. wires that michele bachmann is ending her campaign, according to excuse me, according to bachmann advisors saying that the presidential hopeful will be announcing, coming up shortly, that this will be the time where she says that it will be over for her. our chuck todd is joining me from new hampshire. we had audio issues coming off the top of the show. michele bachmann was riding high once she won the ames straw poll. now her popularity obviously has gone down. now that we know she is officially ending her bid, we have to ask the question, is texas governor rick perry going to follow, since he, too, chanced his events in south carolina today. no, it does it does seem as if