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To go to washington and represent their values. >> bachmann of course had message issues. there were gafs. we just had one ourselves when we accidently showed you a different clip. one gaff, she confused action john wayne with the serial killer john wayne gacy and there were more substantive moments when she alienated supporters with comments like this one about the hpp vaccine where she talked about how it possibly caused mental retardation. that comment shall we say is a tad untethered to medical fact. bachmann lost steam quickly eventually placing sixth in the iowa caucuses on january 3rd, ...

Kids. in 2006 she became the first republican woman from minnesota to be elected to the u.s. house of representatives. she founded the tea party caucus. bachmann's career reached its peak in august, 2011, during the republican presidential primary when she won the ames straw poll in iowa. the state where she was born. here is what she told me about that win the very next day. >> i had a mother last night come up to me here in tampa, florida after the debate. she told me her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered -- how do you expand beyond the republican base? why ...

Of the sixth district of minnesota. >> so is this really bye-bye bachmann or merely till we meet again? one thing is for certain. her political legacy is already written. she is a fierce critic of the obama administration, a champion of social conservatives, and a white house hopeful who started her career as a volunteer for jimmy carter's 1976 campaign. seriously. still, as a religious die hard conservative bachmann was irresistible to late night comedians. >> simply to the iowa voters i want to say, thank you. i so enjoyed my time with you and in turn i hope you enjoy a future that will be l...