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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to media after tasking an aerial tour of the fire devastation at Steiner Ranch, a residential development in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Alberto MartInez )

GOP debate features first appearance for Perry

Kasie Hunt, Michael R. Blood The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 9:22am

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Rick Perry is looking to make a strong first impression on the national stage. Mitt Romney is hoping for another flawless debate performance. And Michele Bachmann, perhaps, is shooting for relevance in what increasingly appears to be a two-man GOP presidential race.

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(Lynne Sladky/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., pays the bill after drinking Cuban coffee during a stop at Versailles Restaurant in Miami, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. At center is Bachmann's husband Marcus, and at right is the owner of the restaurant Felipe Valls. America’s energy future can’t be unlocked as simply as Bachmann makes it sound when she depicts the nation as the “king daddy dogs” of energy. Even if environmentalists folded and Washington regulators got out of the way, much of the energy is too expensive for companies to develop.

FACT CHECK: Bachmann energy claims oversimplified

Matthew Daly The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 10:22am

WASHINGTON — America’s energy future can’t be unlocked as simply as Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann makes it sound when she depicts the nation as the “king daddy dogs” of energy. Even if environmentalists folded and Washington regulators got out of the way, much of the energy is too expensive for companies to develop.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., waves to supporters before making her formal announcement to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Monday, June 27, 2011, in Waterloo, Iowa. Bachmann, who was born in Waterloo, will continue her announcement tour this week with stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Outspoken Bachmann launches White House bid

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, June 27, 2011 - 12:49pm

WATERLOO, Iowa -- Outspoken tea party favorite Michele Bachmann cast herself as the "bold choice" for the Republican presidential nomination as she formally kicked off her campaign Monday in her Iowa home town.

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In April 2010, Sarah Palin joined U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to raise money and hold a rally at the Minneapolis Convention Center. (SHNS photo by Jerry Holt / Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Palin, Bachmann go from Tea Party allies to testy rivals

Kevin Diaz, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Last updated Friday, June 10, 2011 - 1:58pm

WASHINGTON -- Just over a year ago, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin stood happily together on a stage in Minneapolis exhorting their Tea Party followers and trading "you betchas."

This week, their relationship changed. Bachmann's new strategist, Ed Rollins, harshly criticized Palin, describing her as "not serious," and what was once a natural alliance has turned into a potential rivalry.

The collision may have been inevitable. Bachmann and Palin appeal to the same stripe of the electorate and are strikingly similar in style and ideology.

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