Michele Bachmann Hits the Airwaves in Iowa

Increasingly emerging as one of the leading candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination to take on President Barack Obama in 2012, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota unveiled a new television ad that is hitting the airwaves in Iowa. Bachmann, who was born in Iowa, plays up her roots in the new ad. With the Iowa caucus serving as the opening round of the nomination contest, Bachmann is increasingly looking all in to win it -- and emerge as the conservative alternative to GOP front-runner Mitt Romney who is doubling down on the New Hampshire primary.