Bachmann to form exploratory committee

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Washington (CNN) – CNN has exclusively learned that Rep. Michele Bachmann will form a presidential exploratory committee. The Minnesota Republican plans to file papers for the committee in early June, with an announcement likely around that same time.

But a source close to the congresswoman said that Bachmann could form the exploratory committee even earlier than June so that she could participate in early Republican presidential debates.

"She's been telling everyone early summer," the source told CNN regarding Bachmann's planned June filing and announcement. But the source said that nothing is static.

"If you [debate sponsors] come to us and say, 'To be in our debates, you have to have an exploratory committee,' then we'll say, 'Okay, fine...I'll go file the forms.'"

Three GOP presidential primary debates are planned before and during early June: The first one on May 2 at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California and another on May 5 in South Carolina. CNN plans a GOP presidential primary debate in New Hampshire in early June.

Meanwhile, CNN has also learned that Iowa Republican state Sen. Kent Sorenson will likely be hired to be Bachmann's political director for the state - and that Bachmann aides hope to have a complete team together for Iowa by this weekend.

Sorenson is a prominent Tea Party figure in Iowa and holds sway with evangelicals in the state. He has publicly said he will support Bachmann if she mounts a presidential bid.

The three-term congresswoman and Tea Party favorite hopes to also have political teams in place - very soon - in New Hampshire, home to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, and South Carolina, host of the first presidential primary in the South.

"I could have state directors in all those states within a week," Bachmann Chief of Staff Andy Parrish said.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/24/cnn-exclusive-michele-bachmann-to-form-exploratory-committee-in-june-possibly-earlier/

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Bachmann & Palin. lol

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

That would be too easy...

[The_Dude 1,142]

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

That would be too easy...

[JohnSmith2007 353]

I don't think any sitting congressman has ever been elected president. She has no chance of even getting the nomination.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I don't think any sitting congressman has ever been elected president. She has no chance of even getting the nomination.

She doesn't have a chance, not because she's a sitting congressman, but because she is an abject moron.

[Captain Hammer 113]

I don't think any sitting congressman has ever been elected president. She has no chance of even getting the nomination.

The Senate is considered Congress, so Barrack Obama would be the latest. I think John F. Kennedy was the last before him.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

The Senate is considered Congress, so Barrack Obama would be the latest. I think John F. Kennedy was the last before him.

Ok, as in the house. It may be inacurate to refer to the two types of politicians as congressman and senator but it is common.

[Captain Hammer 113]

Ok, as in the house. It may be inacurate to refer to the two types of politicians as congressman and senator but it is common.

Yeah, I'm not sure if any members of the House have gone directly from the House to the Presidency. I think you're right though, I don't think there have been any.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I don't think any sitting congressman has ever been elected president. She has no chance of even getting the nomination.

Obama. Kennedy. Just to name two.

James A.Garfield was serving as a representative of Ohio when he won the 1880 presidential election.

Edited March 24, 2011 by Some Old Guy

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Obama. Kennedy. Just to name two.

They were senators I think. I was refering to members of the house of reps.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

They were senators I think. I was refering to members of the house of reps.

See my edit.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

See my edit.

Ok then, 130 years has passed since it has happened. That makes it very uncommon.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

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