Florida Republican voters who were hoping to cast a ballot for Michele Bachmann during the state's Jan. 31 primary need to start contemplating another choice.
The Minnesota Congresswoman became the first casualty of the Iowa Caucus Wednesday morning, when she announced that she was dropping her bid for the GOP nomination for President. It was a tough blow for the Iowa native, who's campaign took off after she won the Ames Straw Poll back in August.
In her 10-minute consolation speech, she frequently labeled the Obama administration "socialist," and said the reason she entered the race was to stop was the health care reform plan passed by Congress in 2010, invoking the derisive term "ObamaCare" no less than 11 times.
This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2011.