her christian values and the appeal that she has to that kind of voter would carry her as well as the other tea party issues that she has represented but her showing was so much less than what they had expected, after being with her in juning when she announced in waterloo, iowa, a great deal of support around her, the ames straw poll victory. in talking with voters of the ground i heard from so many that they liked her, they shared many of her ideas but did not believe she could go the distance and that was a real drain on her support. also got a sense from some churchgoers that we interviewed that they had some discomfort with a woman going forward. that will be sorted out. but she has certainly fought very hard. she's had good debate performances and tough times along the way. but we expect significant announcement from michele bachmann in just a short while. chris? >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. one of the people suggesting by the way that michele bachmann might want to think about