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Bachmann campaign manager says she may drop out

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Jan 2, 2012 at 1:54 pm

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Michele Bachmann's campaign manager says it's hard to tell whether she will continue her campaign after a bleak showing in the Iowa caucuses.

Asked if he could say with certainty whether she would go forward with her candidacy, Bachmann campaign manager Keith Nahigian told The Associated Press: "I don't know yet.''

He added: "It's hard to tell, but everything is planned.''

Bachmann was in last place among six candidates in the nation's first Republican presidential nominating contest in early Tuesday night. It was a sharp turn for the Minnesota congresswoman after finishing in first place during the Iowa GOP's summer straw poll.