Bachmann To Wait Until June For 2012 Decision: ‘We’re Trying to Lay A Well-Grounded Plan’

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) now says that she is staying with her original schedule for making a decision about whether to run for president, and intends to make an announcement in June rather than sooner — though her comments do seem to lean heavily towards her making a run.

Bachmann had previously hinted that she might move up the decision. Also, there had been some speculation that Bachmann could announce this Thursday, in a speech before the Polk County (Des Moines) GOP.

However, she told the Des Moines Register, she wants to carefully plan such serious decisions in her life:

“We want to make sure that what we are doing is deliberate and focused. We want to be prudent and responsible in the decisions that we are making,” she said. “So we’ve got our team together, and we’re trying to lay a well-grounded plan.”

She said that’s the way she and her husband run their business and how she’s proceeded with every case she’s tried as a tax attorney. She said it’s also the way she and her husband have planned their family. “I’m not speaking of birth control,” she quickly clarified, with a laugh. “I’m just speaking of meeting the needs of our children and our family.”

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