i don't think she'll do well statewide against amy klobuchar. i think klobuchar will stomp her should she run against her for the senate. >> that's right. amy klobuchar is one of the toughest senators in the united states senate. michele bachmann has gone around the country and embarrassed the state of minnesota. >> she barely won her seat last nig time. >> if she can stay disciplined, joy-ann, i mean, she gets the camera time. she has the camera moxy where she could get out there and really beat somebody up on camera and start the narrative that, you know, mitt's not the guy. >> yeah. i mean, you know what, she was actually pretty good in the last few debates. she actually stepped up her performance, but the problem is, there's so much youtube history on michele bachmann that she does sort of come across as a bit of a joke. i think had she just done the really good debate performances she might be viable. maybe they'd think of her as a vp candidate. right now she's going to fade away. >> running you can't get kicked out of your health care plan

the twin cities would probably go to amy klobuchar. outstate, southern minnesota, north western minnesota would go to michele bachmann. i mean, this would be a race. she's going to have a lot of people in minnesota that are going to want her to get into the united states senate. she would probably be the best candidate to go against cla klobuchar. that would be a heck of a fight. maybe not as close as the coleman/franken race but pretty close. >> i'm getting two-minute warning we expect michele bachmann to be taking the podium here shortly. kelly, quickly, have you seen her in the building yet? as i understood it at the top of the hour i didn't think she was there just yet. >> reporter: right outside the doing, i've been attached to the camera talking to you, there's the pipe and drape of campaign world that allows a candidate to come in without being obviously seen. we know that some aides have been waiting for her. if we have the two-minute warning, i'm confident they wouldn't give that without her being in the building. i'm told her