A double-whammy for congresswoman Michelle Bachmann. She finished second to Herman Cain in a GOP straw poll in Bloomington. Cain had 52 percent, while Bachmann had 12 percent. She also finished poorly at a straw poll at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. -- Bachmann was fifth, with 8 percent of the vote.

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she’s in the campaign for the long term. The day after the latest GOP candidate debate Bachmann insists the race consists of more than front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Bachmann is skipping the Florida straw poll, saying the balloting there is too narrow.

Bachmann's support has been slipping since winning the Iowa Straw Poll last month. A national Gallup poll released earlier this week shows Rick Perry holds 31 percent of the Republican vote while Bachmann only pulled 5 percent.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been taking fire from rival Republicans for signing a bill that gives undocumented students in-state tuition rates. One of those critics, Michele Bachmann, voted for similar legislation while serving in the Minnesota Senate. Bachmann did, however, speak out against certain aspects of the bill. That bill ultimately failed.

The latest Iowa poll shows Bachmann is the preferred Republican presidential candidate of eight percent of respondents. That's a far cry from the 22 percent she polled in June and from the 23 percent of new poll leader Herman Cain. In an appearance on ABC, Bachmann downplayed the importance of polls.

The survey from The Atlantic reveals more than half of voters oppose the policy lead by Gov. Rick Perry that made the injections mandatory. Despite that approval, many don't agree with the Republican Congresswoman on her suggestion that the vaccine causes mental retardation.

A new poll finds Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann with a lead of nine percentage points over her Democratic challenger, Jim Graves. It was released just after a national Democratic committee listed the contest as one of the party's best chances to capture a House seat now held by the GOP. Meanwhile, Bachmann maintains a big fund-raising advantage over her rival.