so more now of my conversation with michele bachmann. we covered a lot.icy, health care, and life after suspending her own presidential campaign. so who is she ready to endorse for the nomination? well, here is more of my one on one conversation with congresswoman michele bachmann. >> i think whether or not two candidates choose to drop out, i think we will see a clarifying of this race after super tuesday because we'll see the candidates go -- the voters go, i think one way or another. the primary voters recognize we need to have a candidate and we need to have our message soon. and i think we're just going to see -- i think it is very natural, organic process and i think we'll see the voters coming together and then i think you'll see us uniting. there won't be necessarily a perfect candidate, but we'll have a superior candidate and that candidate will lead our party. >> will it be up to the candidate to be that uniting voice, and if so, of the four thus far who has that unifying voice? >> sure, they will be a unifying force. i think you're exactly righ

i want to ask my guest michele bachmann. he made it clear there that the religious beliefs determines the fact that he believes it's a sin, unnatural, destructive, it's detrimental to the foundations of civilization. and because he said that, he's taking a pretty big public kicking now. all over the world. what do you think of his comments? >> well, i'm not -- i'm here as a member of congress and not here as anybody's judge. that's what i have to say. >> do you agree with him? >> i am not here as anybody's judge. >> you can be judgmental in the past. come on. you have to have a view? >> me? >> yes, you. >> hardly, hardly, hardly, hardly, hardly. that's rude. that's absolutely rude. i'm not a judgmental person. >> really? >> no. >> i'm not being rude but you've been very, very outspoken. >> i believe in traditional values. i believe in marriage between a man and a woman. >> i'm not being rude. >> i don't think that's bigoted. >> let me read what you said in 2004, that being gay leads to the personal enslavement of individuals

we talked about it with both david plouffe and michele bachmann.his week, that comment from eric calling mitt romney an etch a sketch candidate. lot of reaction. let's take a look. >> not looking for someone who's the etch a sketch candidate. you're looking for someone who writes what they believe in in stone. >> you got to keep focused. >> there is no daylight between governor romney and republican leade leaders. not even romney's etch a sketch can change that. >> george will, does it stick? >> i think that november this will be as distant as -- right now, it's effective because it simplifies the narrative about romney. it happened unfortunately after the most important victory he has had so far, illinois. it's the kind of typical state, if there is one this country, the northern part of illinois is cape cod and the southern tip is south of richmond, it's urban, rural, it's where romney demonstrated that he can't break out of his southern evangelical base. romney became the nominee -- >> the etch a sketch the reason because it holds -- >> because

former gop presidential contender michelle bachmann says she isn't ready to make an endorsement yet.poke with the congresswoman today about the tightening race and she says she's certain voters will unite behind a candidate well before june and send that person to the white house and also talked about how tough the campaign trail can be. >> it's a very difficult process. it's a process that really beats the snout out of candidate that decides to run. i think that's a good thing because we want whoever the nominee is to be at the top of their game they'll need to debate the president of the united states to be the next president of the united states and these are crucial issues at a crucial time. >> she's not willing to say who she thinks that could be. she did tell me whatever happens comes the super tuesday races might whittle things down but sees this is going to be a long primary caucus season. be sure to join later on today for the contenders, the 2012 contenders, 4:00 eastern time to hear more from michele bachmann and others. >>> tuesday is the single biggest voting day in the

representive michele bachmann join us.ice to see you. >> good to see you, greta. >> greta: that was within seconds of when the national health care law was passed, wasn't it? >> actually, this is just recently. this last one. >> right after the president, right after it was signed, you introduced one. >> i did. actually, the night that the bill was passed on the house floor, i turned to one of my colleagues, mike penn, and i said we've got to do something, enter a repeal bill, and he said michele, have at it. my staff and i wrote the bill, and the next morning i was the fur member ofirst member of cone floor. i thought it was imperative that we let the american people know we are not waiving the white flag of surrender on socia socil eyesd medicine. we're not giving up. >> what was the vote on that, by the way, do you remember? we got killed. it was more than enough. that's when nancy pelosi ran the house of representatives. harry reid ran the senate and barack obama was president. the democrats had their way. they got the

presidential candidate and current congresswoman michele bachmann on tuesday she appeared on news on a news show called real news from the blaze airs on glenn beck's online paid subscription channel and she decided to tackle the g.o.p.'s war on women it has been reduced to a war on women right or wrong that is what is being read as in the public you think we've totally bungled this debate or will i think that it is a mistake for us to get caught in a trap that the left with love to have a stance and it would be a mistake to get caught in that trap michelle two things here i don't think it was a trap set by the left i seem to recall the right leaving themselves that little present and then circling back to step it up michelle's words dancing in it initiative twenty six would declare a fertilized human egg to be a legal person that would effectively banned all abortions and clipping those resulting from great or incest republican lawmaker is under fire in georgia for pushing a bill that says pregnant women should be put to death if they have a miscarriage is it. two days before congres

anyway, we're back with congresswoman bachmann. nancy pelosi says the bill is ironclad constitutionally. is it not? >> no, of course not. it's an unconstitutional bill. next week the supreme court will take this up. i will be in the supreme court chamber to hear the oral arguments. i'm the chief author of the bill to repeal obamacare. this is very important. the american people hate this bill, because the federal government does not have the power to force you, or any other person, to buy a product or service against your will. when they do, they effectively set the price. what's that but a tax? that's a tax. >> jeanine: what's interesting, if they say the basis for the law is that you're involved in interstate commerce, the truth is buying insurance is not interstate commerce. >> states tell people they have to buy insurance on their cars. states don't force you to drive a car. you don't have to. that's where this deviates from obamacare. if you breathe, you have to buy it. that's taking away your liberty and >> jeanine: do you go

however, jim demint michelle bachmann pretty soon the trickle will turn into a flood. the dam will burst and santorum will have no other option but to rethink the possibilities get a serious talking to from party elders, drop out completely of his own accorder or decide he'll continue on no matter what, and in that scenario he's probably going to do more harm to his future prospects than good to his present ones. >> any indication or a good guess about what demint and bachmann would say what they said now? did the two of them actually look at the turnout in illinois, that 24% figure and go, my god this is not burnishing our brand. this is putting people to sleep and/or burning them? >> well, if i were them, certainly, the primary, mitt romney won by double digits but there was a turnout almost at a record low. the brand is being harmed by the fact that mitt romney cannot put away two guys who have been defeated and defeated handily. he couldn't put them away until illinois. but he put them away in illinois with a record low turnout. that has some worried. also, the lon

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i decided to make an exception here after you told michele bachmann to act like a lady.d to take an exception. bachmann was cordial, peaches and cream, nothing like the on air fire brand i had faced. it does seem anita hill is mentioned throughout the book and when you are dealing with other women. >> it is true. i was on a radio talk show done giordani and i was sandbagged, sitting there being interviewed and michele bachmann saddles up to me, pressing me on my side. and starts to interrupt. and it happened repeatedly. and i said act like a lady. and i didn't quite understand what was wrong with that. still don't. but it was viewed as being sexist. and i've got a very good record on women's issues being pro-choice, cosponsor with biden the violence against women act. active on the glass ceiling. hired a chief of staff who was a woman, but things last. >> and the party has arguably walked back some of the progress that has been made especially vis-a-vis women's health and reproductive rights in recent months and weeks. >> it's a bad situation. i'm sorry i'm not in washin

during my conversation with her, michele bachmann said her goal now is to unite the party.nservative radio talk show host rush limbaugh's offensive comments about a coed. does his language taint the conservative movement or republican party? >> the republican party isn't tarnished at all. the republican party is amplifying the voice that says one person, one health care dictator should not be telling all americans what we can and cannot do in health care. that's the problem with obama care. and that's why it has to be repealed, because i want to return to every woman and every man in the united states the freedom to be able to make their own health care decisions. that's what this obama care -- >> do you support what the georgetown student was saying, even as a student that she should be able to have access to birth control? in the manner in which she was speaking on capitol hill? >> well, that's exactly my point. i want every individual to be able to have their access to health care. and their decision-making power to health care. that's exactly what obama care takes away

i know you'll talk to michele bachmann soon.she actually said something very similar to what the democratic senate majority leader harry reid said, which is that you can't take anything or you should be careful not to take very much in the questions that the justices ask because you never know what it will mean. they disagreed with jeffrey toobin, but i can tell you that a democratic source told me that there was a little bit of heartburn here based on what they heard from the administration. they didn't have the greatest day at the court today. >> you mention don't take might go for granted. we all assume this fight in some shape or form will continue. you went outside to a tea party rally. at deja vu? >> you see patients there right now. it really reminded me of the rallies right here on the capitol in 200937 and it was a reminder of the passion of this argument. look, of course we know that jobs and the economy are the driving issue in this campaign coming up here in 2012. but the whole idea of it will health care law really

martha: you make a great point, congresswoman bachmann. because that was an issue you got a ton of support for when you were in the debates in this race. clearly you have an impact on the national conversation. thank you so much for being with us today. >> thank you, martha. martha: you've to the hundreds of people now. this is central issue on this day on an early spring morning in march. look at the rallies that are happening on the steps of the supreme court today, for and against president obama's health care law. coming up we'll talk to a doctor who is there right now on the scene why he feels like he needs to be there today and why it is so important to him. bill: as we await that, is it possible that two of the biggest republican rivals could team up in 2012? have you heard this story before? what rick santorum is saying that has some people talking about that. also coming up there's this. martha: new warnings for passengers who travels with the portable electronic devices. who doesn't these days? why it could cost you more the next

bachmann said in some speech, and i don't have the exact words, we should all slit our wrists and formt. those were her words. i was jokingly on my air america show, i said, if you're going to do that, just move it up a foot and a half. >> why? >> how stupid is this? we're going to slit our wrists because we want to help people be compassionate? somehow, that's been equated to what rush limbaugh said to say, which to me is part of the problem here. the network that did that is the network that doesn't understand what news is and how to do a report. you can try to find an analogy between those two, i don't know where you're at. >> a lot of people said about michele bachmann is if you're going to have an opposition to something, you can say it without bigoted things. i don't want to call her a bigot for her beliefs. i was brought up in a religious family myself. that's not the issue. it's the way you express yourself about the gay community or whatever. if you start to speak in a bigoted manner, i'm afraid you have stumbled into the position of being a bigot. >> and that comes back to wh

if had you a choice gun to your head palin or bachmann. >> i would need a gun to my head. i would hope sarah palin gets in so that they split the milf vote. >> governor has also used the c word. i want to get your reaction to all of this. this is a really crucial issue i think going forward in the campaign. >> i don't know how anyone can sit in the audience of a commentator like bill maher and chuckle and laugh and think that that's entertaining. i think it's disgusting and dirty money he has now provided barack obama's campaign and i don't know how barack obama can sleep at night if he really thinks about sasha and maliyah and the treatment of some women today how he can accept that dirty money and granted barack obama has never been, i think, seen in the conventional, traditional way of we who would describe a man of valor so it shouldn't surprise us that barack obama would accept that dirty money and try to get reelected with it but i think it does not bode well for our president's character to not speak out against that dirty money. >> sean: it's going deeper than that

failing to clear ija blog post and using bad judgment for criticizing hillary clinton and michele bachmann but is this just another example of the government retaliating and going after whistleblowers her disgust with me is peter van buren foreign service officer and author of the book we meant well how i helped lose the battle for hearts and minds of the iraqi people and just one radek national security and human rights director of the government accountability project the nation's leading with of the organization and i thank you both for joining us tonight you know for starters peter did you know this was coming or was this a shock to you it was something that i expected i expected the state department would increase their retaliation against me up to the point of me seeking to fire me so it wasn't unsurprising that it was still quite a surprise you look at obama documentary i wonder if they also feature that he's from more whistleblowers into jail than any of his predecessors under the espionage act that may not be in the documentary but it may certainly be something voters want to thin

michele bachmann was talking to tiers morgan last night. sometimes people on the right it feels like they get all upset when it's somebody on the left is who is attacked and you don't get that same sense of outraged when she was being attacked. do you agree with that? >> it's not okay to attack anyone, but it's not okay to use the language that rush limbaugh or that any prominent figure would use that is derogatory towards women. but rush limbaugh really crossed the line when he went after a young law student who is not a public figure, who simply took a stand and she did not deserve the treatment that she got from rush limbaugh. he called her a slut. he said if she wanted contraception, that in exchange, she should post sex tapes on video. i mean, this is outrageous talk. and it's not talk that's humorous or appropriate. and as a mom of two daughters, and as a public official, that conduct and that xhnt tecomment should be called out. >> debbie wasserman schultz, thank you. >>> president obama's news conference held on super tuesday is goi

. >> reporter: seduced by photos, like this one of michelle back bachmann. >> and this one, of princess diana. >> reporter: disrespectful? >> i think it's a historical figure, reimagined in the moment. >> reporter: will the recipe work? one year in, the sales are up 15%. but "newsweek" and the beast are losing money. reportedly $30 million last year. >> no nascar is not right. >> reporter: but lots. >> we cut a huge amount of costs here. we are not making money yet and we won't for a couple years. >> reporter: anyone who working with her has got to the be able to put up with his passionate and constant involvement? >> how often does she come here and just rip it all up? >> fwhuns a while. >> reporter: a lot? >> yeah. >> would you like me to leave the room? >> reporter: they are strong, they can take it or they could haven't the jobs. are you a tough person to work for? >> yeah, i am very demanding. >> do you have to say i'm sorry? >> yeah, many times. but i say i love you too. i like people who have passion. i really do. and the people who do well with me, other people have passion. >>

michele bachmann has been quiet about her endorsement.ady to support one of the candidates? michele bachmann joins me sunday for an indepth interview. we'll discuss politics and her position on iran, as talks on that country begin in washington. join me sunday afternoon starting at 2:30 eastern right here in the cnn news room. >> thank you very much. coming up next, lots of concerns in the florida keys about the fragile coral reefs. but not because of storms. one expert diver shows us how he's restoring marine life. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. >>> look at that. this week's cnn hero has watched the beauty of the sea disappear. now he's working to bring life back to an underwater world in crisis. meet ken niedermayer. >> i grew up diving in the florida keys, and it was just the most magical place. the coral reefs were so pretty and i decided that's what i wanted to do for a living is dive. the reefs provide protectio

you deal with michele bachmann or somebody losing to a bachmann clone. >> it's very depressing to hear. let me ask you, i was watching a very charming interview you did with jimmy kimmel. you said the worst part of being in congress was having to fundraise. what is the worst part of fundraising? >> one is the sheer amount of work. you're asking people to do this. when i was in the midst of fundraising for myself and as chairman of a committee or senior democratic to do for others, twice a week i'm up for 8:00 breakfast, adds extra time to the day. the main problem is this. human nature being what it is, it is very hard to take money from strangers and then ignore the fact that they gave it to you, but as you know, you were a candidate, a successful candidate. >> i hated fundraising, too, hated it. >> that's what we have to do. we're the only people in the world expected by the system in which we operate to take large amounts of money from stainingers on a regular basis and have it have no effect on our behavior. i try very hard to do that but it is a difficult process. it's also time-c