Eye on 2012: The potential candidates
Now that the 2010 midterm elections are over, tongues have already started wagging over who the potential Republican presidential candidates may be in 2012.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), center, greets young attendees at the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. Bachmann has said she wants to be "part of the conversation" for 2012.
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