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Contender. among the potential women candidates, sarah palin's looking less likely to run, leaving strategist and conservatives to take a closer look at tea party favorite michele bachmann. in a sign of her growing popularity, bachmann placed second in last week's gallup poll of republicans' intensity level, about 20 hopefuls. my guests are tea party activist tony katz and priscilla smith, a conservative commentator and republican strategist. good to see both of you today. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> so priscilla, bachmann could have a huge advantage. in iowa, one of those early state...

$2.2 million so far this year, we're only in april. >> right. >> $1.7 million for her congressional campaign committee, half a million for her political action committee, and last year, $13 million. tony, weigh in here, what makes her such an incredible fund-raiser? >> well, it is always a pleasure to be here. it is good to see priscilla again. she's a fund-raiser because she talks to the issues that that americans want to talk about. she's talking about the repeal and the defund of obama care. she's talking about the lowering of taxes. she's talking about ending spending. how many more times ...

Are in the majority. but it is not a cakewalk for anybody else. i think what this means is these are not nationalized elections. if you're a campaign manager, running a congressional race in a location many district, it is about running in that district. whether you're republican or democrat, you're going to run as an individual candidate trying to localize your race as much as you can. that instance i think there will be room for democrats to do better than expected. all of the history and traditional algebra goes against democrats this year. i think as we get into the heart of the election i...

I am frustrated that republicans who i think had an opportunity to help shape this bill declined that opportunity. i will continually reach out to republicans. i will continue to incorporate their ideas even when they don't vote for the ideas i presented, but what i'm not going to be dissuaded from is us going ahead and taking on these big challenges that are critical in terms of america's long-term economic health. >> president obama speaking on the "today" show today. that is where he stands as he decides how to use this accumulation of political capital, capital aconsume lated not just from...

Republicans. i will continue to incorporate their ideas even when they don't vote for the ideas i presented, but what i'm not going to be dissuaded from is us going ahead and taking on these big challenges that are critical in terms of america's long-term economic health. >> president obama speaking on the "today" show today. that is where he stands as he decides how to use this accumulation of political capital, acouplelated not just from winning the election but what he has been able to do in office. republicans meanwhile are trying to capitalize on what president obama and the democrats in ...