Michele Bachmann Gratified By New Iowa Poll, Says She Got 'Sense' From God To Run (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann says she's pleased by the results of a new poll showing her as one of the top choices among likely Iowa caucus-goers.

The Minnesota congresswoman is set to announce her candidacy for the Republican nomination for president on Monday. She'll be in her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa, for the kickoff event.

Bachmann said during an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" that she is gratified by the Iowa Poll that was released Saturday and showed she was in a statistical tie with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for first place among likely Iowa caucus-goers. Romney had 23 percent support while Bachmann had 22 percent.

The Iowa caucuses, set for February, are the first votes in the nomination race for the 2012 presidential election.

Here's an excerpt of the exchange that went down between Bachmann and CBS host Bob Schieffer on the program:

"Did God tell you He wanted you to run for the Minnesota State Senate, or something like that?" Schieffer asked.

"I prayed about that, as well," Bachmann said. "And that's really what that means. It means that I have a sense of assurance about the direction I think that God is speaking into my heart that I should go."

Bachmann also reacted to the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York, which was achieved by the state late on Friday night.

"The people of New York came to a different conclusion," said the conservative congresswoman, expressing her opposition to marriage equality. When asked if she viewed being gay as a choice she said, "I firmly believe that people need to make their own decisions about that. But I am running for the presidency of the United States, I am not running to be anyone's judge."

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Comments

[barknasty]

09:15 AM on 06/29/2011

Why is it that God only speaks to idiots?

[The Big John]

12:45 PM on 06/28/2011

These are classic symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia. If you have any paranoid schizophrenia symptoms, seek medical help as soon as possible. Paranoid schizophrenia doesn't get better on its own and may worsen without treatment. However, if you're like most people with paranoid schizophrenia, you may not recognize that you need help or that you even have symptoms. This is because your delusions or hallucinations seem very real to you. Get help Michele.

[brokerallen]

02:57 AM on 06/28/2011

Bachmann doesn't care that the average person can't afford quality medical care, or so many are suffering without jobs and not getting enough to eat. God didn't ask her to do anything.

[nerdkill]

07:32 PM on 06/27/2011

God told her to run because he wants Obama to win.

[Tunghoy]

06:08 PM on 06/27/2011

This is why Bachmann needs to release her medical records, including information on psychiatric evaluations and treatments. If she hears voices in her head, we need to know what her doctors have said.

[Counter Sniper]

05:06 PM on 06/27/2011

Cult leaders and televangelists always say they get there cues from god.

Presidents not so much...

Go away Bachmann.....

[anelder]

01:58 PM on 06/27/2011

If God is speaking to her it's only so she will run and assure Obama a win.

But no, don't believe that's the way he/she operates. Praying for guidance is a good thing, but a prerequisite is opening one's mind and heart to even those things you resist believing.

[theRealAmerica]

12:11 PM on 06/27/2011

Hmm...God told me under no circumstances to EVER vote for this woman...

[GypsyRobin]

11:59 AM on 06/27/2011

If that voice she hears in her mind is what she claims is her god speaking directly to her, we need to send the guys in the white coats driving the white padded van with those funny type of jackets we put on people who claim they hear voices talking to them in their minds.

And then put her in a padded room. But keep the jacket on her cause she's a danger to the Nation.

[slickbottom]

10:53 AM on 06/27/2011

She's on a mission from God just like Jake and Elwood Blues.

[Michael Willhoite]

10:35 AM on 06/27/2011

These flakes always trot out God to justify their own desires. If she wanted a double hot fudge sundae she's claim that God told her it was all right.

[antipodal2u]

10:17 AM on 06/27/2011

"I prayed about that, as well," Bachmann said. "And that's really what that means. It means that I have a sense of assurance about the direction I think that God is speaking into my heart that I should go."

Mmkay. America doesnt need a shizophrenic bible-thumper in the most powerful position in the world. Be afraid...

[GypsyRobin]

11:59 AM on 06/27/2011

It's a padded room for her!

[labman57]

09:59 AM on 06/27/2011

It's right out of the Conservative Candidate's Handbook: When all else fails, engage in shameless pandering to the Religious Right by suggesting that you are working at the behest of "God".

[dakine7]

09:29 AM on 06/27/2011

Let her run. And fail.

[SimianNation]

09:17 AM on 06/27/2011

These fracking people and their use of god in trying to sway people. Nothing like a good old bearing of false witness to get the day started.