Audience members applaud as Former Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held at the Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC, Thursday, February 9, 2012. The annual political conference draws thousands of supporters and prominent conservative figures. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
Former Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann takes the stage to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held at the Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC, Thursday, February 9, 2012. The annual political conference draws thousands of supporters and prominent conservative figures. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., expresses appreciation as she puts on a gift from a supporter during the book-signing event in Aiken, S.C. Bachmann told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, that she'll seek a 4th term in Congress following her failed presidential bid. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)
Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, will seek a fourth term. "I'm looking forward to coming back and bringing a strong, powerful voice to Washington, D.C.," she said Wednesday, less than a month after ending her presidential bid. (Associated Press)
Rep. Michele Bachmann departs from West Des Moines, Iowa, on her campaign bus on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, following her announcement that she will end her bid for the Republican presidential nomination after finishing sixth in Tuesday's Iowa Republican caucuses. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Rep. Michele Bachmann's campaign staff poses for a photo behind her bus on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa, after Mrs. Bachmann announced the end of her Republican presidential campaign following a sixth-place finish in Tuesday's Iowa Republican caucuses. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Rep. Michele Bachmann waves from her campaign bus on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa, after announcing she will end her bid for the Republican presidential nomination after finishing sixth in Tuesday's Iowa Republican caucuses. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Marcus Bachmann stands next to his wife, Rep. Michele Bachmann, as she announces the end of her GOP presidential campaign in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Rep. Michele Bachmann's mother, Arlene "Jean" Amble Lafave (right), stands close as her daughter (left) announces on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa, that she will end her Republican presidential campaign. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
