08:40 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMinnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann has become the latest Republican to announce a bid for the US presidency in 2012.<\/p>\n
Ms Bachmann, a favourite of the economically conservative Tea Party movement, formally declared in the US state of Iowa – her birthplace.<\/p>\n
The 55-year-old, who is running high in Republican polls in Iowa, called herself a “bold choice” for president.<\/p>\n
Iowa is the first state Republicans vote in for their 2012 candidate.<\/p>\n
Its caucuses in early February are the first electoral event in the US presidential nomination process.<\/p>\n
Ms Bachmann said she was announcing her candidacy because she was “so profoundly grateful for the blessing I have received, both from God and this great country”.<\/p>\n
“My name is Michele Bachmann, I stand here in the midst of many friends and many family members to announce formally my candidacy for president of the United States,” Ms Bachmann said.<\/p>\n
A poll of 400 party members there shows Ms Bachmann virtually tied with frontrunner Mitt Romney, with 22% of the support.<\/p>\n
BBC North America editor Mark Mardell says Republicans feel that next year’s presidential election is winnable if only they have a candidate who sparkles – and Michele Bachmann is the latest to catch their eye.<\/p>\n
She is already a darling of the Tea Party movement for her plain talking and forthright conviction politics.<\/p>\n
While she has made her share of harsh statements – seen by opponents as gaffes – some think she has many of Sarah Palin’s qualities with fewer of the drawbacks, our correspondent adds.<\/p>\n
Ms Bachmann stresses her record as a tax lawyer and founder of a charter school, as well as repeating frequently that she is a mother of five children and foster mother to 23.<\/p>\n
She is an economic conservative who says she will not vote to raise America’s debt limit and is urging big tax cuts.<\/p>\n
And Ms Bachmann is also a social conservative – a born-again Christian and a fierce opponent of abortion and gay marriage.<\/p>\n
That goes down well with Republicans in Iowa, but may not be such a draw to those in the middle ground, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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