we ve come a long way in the last quarter century in terms of these candidates. she, if she wants to be, could be very viable. let s go on to that subject matter, women and politics. on to palin and bachmann. bachmann will announce her plans later this week, but already some are saying, bachmann shouldn t bottom because she s a carbon copy of sarah palin. here s what bachmann said about that on jk usa. i have great respect for senator palin, i consider her a friend. so if she gets in, she gets in. that won t impact whether or not i get in or not. leslie, you have to admit, palin has certainly come up with a way to garner attention, you know, with her bus tour. bachmann sees diminished now. is she toast?
6th, rick santorum, he s all but declared and he will officially declare on june 6th and then michele bachmann, joe. listen, she said the other day she will make an announcement in iowa where she was born next month about the presidency. take a listen to what she said about sarah palin. she talked to our john king and asked if sarah palin would d disway her from running there the white house. if she gets in, she gets in. that won t impact whether or not i get in or not. things are really heating up, joe, in this race for the white house. i m just buckling in and stay tuned, i guess. that field is really filling in, finally. thanks so much for that paul steinhauser in washington. making her mark on this memorial day. reaching out with a sympathetic ear and a soft shoulder. meet our cnn hero in just one minute.
crucial early states and another thing. fox news says they are not changing the status of her contract. she is a paid contributor. they did do that for gingrich and santorum or is she just running or trying to get attention. who knows? let s say she does run. wouldn t that affect michele bachmann s would-be presidential aspirations? you would think it could. michele bachmann, a congresswoman, who is a darling of many in the tea party. she told people in iowa, she will make an announcement in waterloo, iowa, where she was born. she says, she will make it next month about her presidential ambitions. listen to what she said to john king about sarah palin. my decision will be independent of whichever candidate gets in. i have great respect for governor palin. i consider her a friend. if she gets in, she gets in. that won t impact whether or not i get in or not. if she does get in and if
that won t impact whether or not i get in or not. reporter: and suzanne, bachman also conceded if she does run, she d have to have more message discipline when she s in what she called the presidential realm. i can t imagine both of them in, but that would be quite a campaign to cover there, dana. reporter: it sure would. i understand the house got another chance to go on the record about the military campaign in afghanistan. can you give us a sense of how that played out? reporter: it was really interesting. it was a bipartisan amendment for withdrawing troops into afghanistan and it got far more votes than ever before. it failed but just bbarely, 204-215. 26 republicans joined democrats to support the measure. this even as the president is traveling overseas. that s the thing that never used to happen before while the president is abroad. not just that, the top two democrats also supported the expedited withdrawal and members gave various reasons for it. i talked to a few l
seen millions of jobs lost and they re not turning around, and the dollar has been grossly devaled because of this president. because of our president, we need to have a change in course. if someone came to you and said here s our plan, but now that governor palin is going to run, it s going to hard to raise money. be sure you have the heart or the spine for this, would you run or let it go? i have great respect for governor palin, i consider her a friend, and if she gets in, she gets in, that won t impact whether or not i get in or not. won t impact you at all? there are some who have questioned your discipline if you run for president. they should watch me. they should. you had a conversation with chris wallace right after the libyan bombing started where you said you heard a report from an ambassador in tripoli where 20,000 or 30,000 people had been killed. that number was not anywhere