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Our next round is a lightning round quick before we get too foreign policy and national security. are we missing a candidate on the stage? we are. she will be right back. congresswoman bachmann. there she is. that's okay. there we go. texas governor rick perry, obviously is not here tonight. he's giving a speech on saturday in south carolina. we're told he's getting into this race. but he's not answering questions tonight. he's not taking part in the straw poll on saturday. is he out-smarting you? congressman paul? [ inaudible ] >> bret: are you worried about his strategy? >> no i'm pleased th...

Are finished in 2012. and you will be a one term president! [ applause ] >> bret: governor romney, congresswoman bachmann says she can start turn the economy around in three months. how long would it take you? >> i'm not going to give you an exact timeframe. if you spend your life in the private sector and understand how jobs come and go, you understand what president obama has done is the exact opposite of what the economy needed to be done. almost every action he took made it harder for entrepreneurs to build businesses. for banks to make loans. for businesses to hire and bill more capital. ...

>> greta: what should the american people city when we see people like congresswoman bachmann or speaker gingrich or former governor romney or governor huckabee when we see all of you going to iowa, isn't it right to be suspicious there are ambitions for the white house? >> sure. i think of course we want to know why people are here. i'm telling you and your viewers right now why i'm here. i grew up a democrat. i became a republican we i was in college. one thing that i know, iowans are reasonable fair-minded people if you give them the evidence and talk to them, people can be persuaded. it is...

And the spending has to stop. >> greta: what should the american people city when we see people like congresswoman bachmann or speaker gingrich or former governor romney or governor huckabee when we see all of you going to iowa, isn't it right to be suspicious there are ambitions for the white house? >> sure. i think of course we want to know why people are here. i'm telling you and your viewers right now why i'm here. i grew up a democrat. i became a republican we i was in college. one thing that i know, iowans are reasonable fair-minded people if you give them the evidence and talk to them, ...

>> greta: they expected you. i've looked at the des moines register and all the papers there's a lot of chatter about why congresswoman bachmann has come home. i know i -- i refer to it as a cover story. you are not going to call it the cover story. tell me why you are there and then i'll ask the questions we all want to know. >> i'm here because i want to layout the very important issues that i think iowa will be grappling with for the next 24 months. this is a very important election if we want to repeal obamacare. we repealed obamacare in the house of representatives this week. in order to ...