Week 6/Article: Michele Bachmann halts presidential campaign

Date;January 04, 2012

Author: BBC News

Michele Bachmann said, “I have no regrets” as the Minnesota congresswoman ended her presidential campaign yesterday after placing at the end in the Iowa’s caucuses. Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann has ended her presidential campaign after finishing at the back of the field in Iowa's caucuses. Her exit leaves six Republicans in the race to challenge Barack Obama for the White House in November in the general election.

Mitt Romney, who barely won in Iowa, takes the lead with the support and endorsement from ex-Republican nominee John McCain. Sen McCain said the businessman's private sector experience would help turn around the economy. 

Rick Perry, who came fifth was going back to Texas to reassessed his decision but tweeted earlier yesterday that he will press on and will focus on the next-but-one race in South Carolina.

Mitt Romney, the candidate that is most likely to win next week's primary election in the north-eastern state of New Hampshire. However, candidates like Ron Paul and Santorum are still leading close behind him. 

Michele Bachmann did not leave without criticizing Mr. Obama’s health care reform and she did not endorse any of the candidate except saying that "we must rally around the person that our country and our party and our people select to be that standard bearer." Mr. Romney is already spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on TV ads in New Hampshire and South Carolina. He has years of experienced and the foundation is very strong and that is going to be difficult for Santorum and Paul to defeat. 

I. The problem address here is the news of Bachman dropping out of the race. 

II. This will affect public policy through how the voters react. Policies will possibly be changed, proposed, etc now with the change in candidacy. 

III. Bachman dropped out of the race. 

IV. The information doesn't affect me and can't be used by me.

V. The author seems to take a neutral position and gives info the positively and negatively comments on Bachman dropping out and how this will affect candidates.

VI. This info will affect all the candidates left in the political arena. This may be good or bad for any of them and it's still hard to tell. With Bachman gone, his supporters will have to turn to a new candidate to vote for. 

Work Cited: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16416324