On The Road: From Minnesota to Iowa

Forget the rumors that Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-MN will be challenging sitting Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar in Minnesota. She’s going to Iowa this month!

From ABC News:

Bachmann's appearance in the Hawkeye State later this month will be her third trip over the past eight months to the significant early-caucus state, and last week she was featured at another GOP fundraiser in Michigan -- also an early primary state.

Although aides in Bachmann's congressional office said she has received frequent encouragement from supporters to challenge President Obama next year, they would not confirm quite yet that she officially was throwing her hat into the ring.

However, Bachmann's senior staff did admit the Minnesotan is not ruling out a presidential campaign. "Nothing is off the table," Bachmann chief of staff Andy Parrish told ABC News when asked whether the Iowa trip signaled Bachmann's intent to run for president. "The congresswoman is excited about her first trip to Iowa this year."

I don’t know what’s more interesting – that she may be in it against fellow Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin, or that she may be fighting it out with another Minnesotan, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty.  So much for "Minnesota nice."