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Bachmann suspends presidential campaign
The lady with the titanium spine bowed to reality Wednesday. It was Iowa that sent the message.
The day after Rep. Michele Bachmann finished last among the six candidates competing in the state's first in the nation caucuses, the Minnesota Republican and Waterloo native, called it quits, cancelling events in South Carolina and instead delivering the sobering news at a hotel conference room here.
Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks to congregants during a campaign stop at Jubilee Family Church in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sunday, Jan, 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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