in her speech last night, bachmann thanked her husband marcus.en't seen marcus bachmann, he plays cameron on the show "modern family." he's -- well, here is michele. >> i must thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann. he is the best campaigner in our family and yesterday when we were out on main street in des moines, he was buying dog sunglasses for our dog boomer, while we were out visiting many of the businesses. >> i don't understand why people think he's gay. i know a lot of straight guys that spend the day buying dog sunglasses for their dog boomer. let's watch it again, but this time, if we could, just have marcus, just marcus in this, okay? >> i must thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann. he is the best campaigner in our family and yesterday, when we were out on main street in des moines, he was buying dog sunglasses for our dog boomer while he were out visiting many of the businesses. >> jimmy: guilty! see? straight as an arrow. i understand why she needed to drop out, but could you please leave your husba

. >> i must thank my wonderful husband of 33 years marcus bachmann. and yesterday when we were out on main street in des moines, he was buying doggie sunglasses for our dog boomer while we were out visiting all of the many businesses. [laughter] [applause] >> jon: seriously. look at the face he's making. the only sound you can make when your mouth is shaped that way is "ho oh," which translates to "sorry i ruined your campaign because of my obsession with dog accessories. although nothing says sixth-lace finish like dog accessories. tell me you'd rather be president than look at that. you'd be lying. ron paul came in third. he seems less concerned about his bronze medal showing and is much happier they let him say stuff like this on television. >> beware the military industrial complex. time to get out of afghanistan. i'm waiting for the day when we can say we're all austrians now. [laughter] >> jon: did an entire audience at an iowa hilton just cheer a reference to an austrian economist? we had to look up whatever the hell he was talking about. that'

. >> i must thank my husband of 36 years, marcus bachmann.terday when we were out on main street in des moines, he was out buying sunglasses for our dog boomer, while we were all out visiting the many businesses. seriously, look at the face he's making. the only sound you can make when your mouth is shaped that way s is -- oh. which i guess roughly translates to i'm sorry i ruined your campaign with my completely heterosexual devotion to dog accessories. >>> still ahead on "way too early," why your awake tweets and texts next and "morning joe" moments away. [ male announcer ] say goodbye to "ho-hum," and hello to "whoa, yum." use campbell's cream of chicken soup to make easy enchiladas, cheesy chicken & rice, and other chicken dishes that are oh...so...whoa. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i r

talents as straight parents simply don't have and as a result they make better parents marcus marcus bachmann's head just exploded during a two thousand and ten review by new york university and the university of southern california found absolutely no difference between children raised in heterosexual households and gay households and a paper published in the two thousand and seven american journal of ortho psychiatry found that of forty six adults interviewed who were raised by gay parents twenty eight indicated that they felt more open minded and empathetic than others who were not raised by gay families have a goldberg a psychologist at clark university of massachusetts and a lead researcher in the study concluded that gay parents tend to be more motivated more committed than heterosexual parents on average because they choose to be parents that's because unlike heterosexual couples same sex couples don't usually become pregnant by accident and are therefore more prepared for and even enthusiastic about the challenge of parenting further research shows these same children are shy. as strong

so i sincererily thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann, my entire family, lucas, harrisonelisa, sophia, my mother, my stepfather, my beloved brothers, gary, paul, scott, david and george. i'm grateful to them, 23 foster children. they along with the lord's provision of hincomparable faithfulness have been my strength in the campaign. i look forward to the next chapter in god's plan. he has one for each of us you know if we only cooperate with him he has always had something greater around the corner, far beyond what any of us have ever thought or imagined. i have been blessed to live a wonderful life. i am grateful to have been a part of the presidential campaign. and so i thank you. i say god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. >> thank you. >> there we have it. michele bachmann is out. deciding, after iowa, that she is not going to continue in her bid for the presidency of this country saying i have decided to stand aside, i will not be continuing in the race for our presidency. but also mentioning obama care some 1 thy1 times in that speec. was&t. sur

you keep bringing up santorum and marcus bachmann. i need to say rick santorum is not gay. he hates people having sex with robots. >> but i think that is a fair -- i don't think the technology is there yet. there are a lot of accidents that can happen. it is more of a protection issue for him. >> a lot of straight guys are into gag roles. >> are you a person who has never been to thailand. >> i am in fact a person who has never been to tie land. >> i somehow knew that. >> moving on. >> what was that? >> i have a thing in my ear. >> i would like to point out that 2% of voters thought mitt romney's real name was mittens. know straw dom muss had a pet called president mittens. if you think about it new hampshire, hamster, president mitt, mittens. alec baldwin, sandra, you said alec baldwin does not torment puppies. you are right. steven and william forment -- torment puppies. but they do cocaine and that is to be expected. >> another reason not to like him. i am just joking. i hate hating on people. i really do. i dislike the things i have seen. >> it is our job. >> he can sha

i must thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann. he is the best campaigner in our family. and yesterday when we were out on main street in des moines, he was buying doggy sunglasses for our dog, boomer, while we were out visiting all the many businesses. and all our children who are here visiting, we love them all. our 23 foster children, we love them. my brothers are here tonight. scott, i have paul, i have gary, we sister-in-law, lori, and others who couldn't be here. and my wonderful mother. if you all wonder where i got my height from, i have no excuse. my mother jeanne and my stepdad ray, and all of my family who's here. their love, their encouragement, their faith means more to me than i can begin to say. but more than anything, i thank the god who loves us, the god who gave us life, who gave us our being, who created and drew this nation into existence. it is to the god of our fathers that we give praise this evening. so i thank you all for being here tonight. god bless you. god bless the united states. >> rick santorum still

be even needed to be said but it must be said, i must thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann. [ applause ] he is the best campaigner in our family and yesterday when we were out on main street in des moines, he was buying doggie sunglasses for our dog boomer while we were out visiting all of the many businesses and all of our children who are here this evening, our son lucas, our son harrison, our daughter aliza, daughter caroline, daughter sofia, we love them all, our 23 foster children, my brothers are here tonight, scott, i have paul, i have gary, my sister-in-law lori and my others who couldn't be here as well but i'm so grateful for them and my wonderful mother who if you all wonder where i got my height from, i have no excuse. my mother jean and my stepdad ray and all of my family who is here. their love, their encourage many, their faith means more to me than i can begin to say but more than anything, i thank the god who loves us, the god who gave us life, who gave us our being, who created and drew this nation into existence. it is to the got of our fathers that we gi

so i sincerely thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann, my entire family, lucas, harrisonelisa, caroline, my mother gene, stepfather ray, my beloved brothers who are here, gary, paul, scott, david and george, i'm so grateful to them. our 23 foster children. they, along with the lord's provision, of his incomparable faithfulness have been my strength throughout the campaign. i look forward to the next chapter in god's plan. he has one for each of us, you know. if we will only cooperate with him, he has always had something greater around the corner far beyond what any of us have ever thought or imagined. i've been blessed to live a wonderful life. i'm grateful to have been a part of this presidential campaign and so i thank you. i say god bless you and god bless the united states of america. ♪ >>> michele bachmann there suspending her campaign saying she has no regrets, that she's looking forward to the next chapter in her life. dana bash is there on the ground right where that announcement was just made. it was interesting, dana, from the very beginning she has a fundament

accept people for their own you know that my answer is he's going doggy sunglass shopping with marcus but bachmann. ok guys thank you so much. much appreciate it brian erick. still to come did the tea party express come to a complete halt whatever happened their patriotic rallies in my daily take i'll show you how they're living large right here in the nation's capital. drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to breakthrough had to be made who can you trust no one who is in view with a global missionary see where we had a state controlled capitalism and score saxon's when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. you know the tea party is dead no one goes there rallies anymore no one's dressing up like our founding fathers no one's bailing teabags to their members of congress in fact if you listen closely you can hear an eerie silence coming out of fox so-called news where no one is talking about the tea party anymore it's cup but while the tea party is as supposedly grassroots phenomena very much dead the tea party as it really is as a movement founded an

so i sincerely thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann, my family, our children, lucaser jeannie, my stepfather ray, my beloved brothers who are here, gary, paul, scott, also my brother david and george. i'm so grateful to them, our 23 foster children. they along with the lord's provision of his incomparable faithfulness have been my strength throughout the campaign. i look forward to the next capitaller in god's plan. he has one for each of us, you know. if we will only cooperate with him. he has always had something greater around the corner, far beyond what any of us have ever thought or imagined. i have been blessed to live a wonderful life. i am grateful to have been a part of this presidential campaign... about his predecesor mitt romney. >> it's a win last night for the tea party agenda. that was really the big winner. i mean, the candidates in many respects are either changeable because they are all offering exactly the same plan and that is a plan that says that everybody in america is on his or her own and that is a very, very different plan than the president

and so i sincerely thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus, bachmann, my entire family, our family lucas, harrison, caroline, sophia, my mother jean. stepfather ray. my beloved brothers here. gary, paul and scott, and my brother david and george. i'm grateful to them and our 23 foster children. they along with the lord's provision and incomparable faithfulness have been my strength throughout the campaign. i look forward to the next chapter in god's plan. he has one for each of us if we will only cooperate with him. he has always something greater around the corner, far beyond what any of us thought or imagined. i've been blessed to live a wonderful life. i'm grateful to have been a part of this presidential campaign. so i thank you, i say god bless you and god bless the united states of america. [applause] jon: well, after a little more than a year of pondering it and a little more than six months of active campaigning, and official candidacy, michele bachmann there, announcing that she is sus penning her campaign for president -- suspending. one of the darlings of the tea party m

. >> i must thank my wonderful husband of 33 years, marcus bachmann.esterday when we were out on main street in des moines, he was buying doggy sunglasses for our dog boomer while we were out visiting all of the many businesses. >> seriously, look at the face he's making. the only sound you can make when your mouth is shaped that way s is -- which i guess roughly translates to i'm sorry i ruined your campaign with my completely heterosexual devotion to doggy accessories. >> looking out for boomer the dog. come on. let's go have some sports now. >>> more bcs college football. the orange bowl wasn't close like so many other games. it was tight after one quarter, clemson up, but then the mountaineers went on a tear. cuts outside for 27 yards, somehow dances along the sideline, turns it back in for a touchdown. replay does show austin keeps that left foot inbounds. west virginia up 21-14, clemson first and goal, looks like they're going to tie the game or take the lead here, actually, but it's fumbled. west virginia safety darwin scoops it up and goes 99 y

>> there's some brutal stuff by the way there about michele bachmann and her husband, marcus, that'sn't put that on. you can watch that yourself. this is an amazing thing. i think the notions we have, the preconceptions about the candidates, even as the campaign begins, are so strong. we all know about rick perry being, what -- >> oops. i don't know what to say. >> that's why he's at 5%. we know rick santorum has a problem with the gay community to put it lightly. >> yes. that's why it's really hard to do parody. a lot of the lines could come straight from the debates, themselves. so i tip my hat to the people at funny or die and yahoo! for being able to find a way to make what's already funny even funnier. >> the guy they had playing huntsman looked like huntsman. i thought that was pretty -- >> enthusiast. >> let's look at some of the e ones. i have a long memory about these politics. i remember, i really do think it destroyed jerry ford. >> that's one of the few times you can point to when a humorist really did in a president. david frye was doing richard nixon for years. >> how a

>> some brutal stuff, by the way, there about michele bachmann and her husband marcus that's really - can watch that yourself. i'm thinking the preconceptions we have about the candidates are so strong. we all know about rick perry being, what? >> oops, i don't know what to say. >> that's why he's at 5%. we all know that rick santorum's got a problem with the gay community, to put it lightly. >> yes. yes. that's why it's really heart to do parody, because a lot of these lines could come straight from the debates themselves. so i tip my hat to the people at funny or die and yahoo! to find a way to make what's already funny even funnier. the guy that played huntsman actually looks like huntsman. i thought that was funny. do you think this hurts? i have a long memory about these politics. i think that's one of the few times, though, that you can point to when humorist did in a president. david frey was doing richard nixon for years -- >> how about herb block? >> and what about tina faye doing sarah palin. that destroyed her. >> do you think katy cure ik did more with a simple -- >> i thi

bachmann. i was able to spend some time with doctor marcus as we traveled around. we had some injuries and did some press releases. it was a remarkable time. >> you get to meet someone who understands where we are coming from a and we are so thankful for that. i do not want to take a lot of time here, but there is something about when you have a candidate that you can speak with and the on the same page with. and you will come to your church and get your testimony. that is a great thing. let us get congresswoman bachmann a great big hand and she comes up. we are so painful. got bless you. -- we are so thankful. got bless you. [applause] >> this is the day that the lord has made. [inaudible] we are ready and anticipating a bright new beginning for the new year. i love new beginnings. i am grateful for what we have available to us today. if you do not mind, let us go ahead and pray. turning on the power. [applause] [laughter] that is what we are going to do this morning. [applause] what you have just seen demonstrated is that it is not by human might, it is by his mi

iowa was the end of the line for bachmann's 2012 presidential hopes, but her husband, marcus, would bed he can stop campaigning and return to other activities. >> he was buying doggy sunglasses for our dog, boomer, while we were out visiting all of the many businesses. >> there you go. of course, michele bachmann is still a member of congress and the leader of the tea party caucus. and she still wants president obama to be a one-term president. so you can bet we haven't heard the end of bachmann in "psycho talk." >>> my prediction about rick santorum got a lot of liberals really worked up. come on, chill out. i go interview a righty and everybody's working me over on twitter and facebook and everything else. what do you think, i'm endorsing this guy? give me a break. i'll explain it all when we come back. >>> and later, i'll show you why santorum's job plan won, actually won iowa voters last night. the "washington post" ezra klein will tell us if his proposal has any substance or if it's just smoke and mirrors. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance

i appreciate michele bachmann joining us with her family and her husband marcus with us as well.talk to newt gingrich about his chances in iowa and his plans for new hampshire and south carolina. we'll talk to the republican candidate. and two of his supporters, his daughters who are with him as well. stay with us. improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. i took some steep risks in my teens. i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren't lowering my cholesterol enough. now i'm eating healthier, exercising more, taking lipitor. numbers don't lie. my cholesterol's stayed down. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. it's backed by over 19 year

marcus o'bachmann getting it done. ♪ it's raining mad, hallelujah >> yesterday when we were out in des moines he was buying sunglasses for our dog boomer. >> in her concession speech, michele bachmanns is a quote, i mean what i say and i say what i mean. yeah. then she thanked her speechwriter popeye. when asked if he was dropping out, perry said quitting is not in my vocabulary and need no be other words. >> santorum scored a victory last night because for the first time in eight years when i googled the word santorum, the first result was for rick santorum. what exactly lifted santorum above the froth? >> it was fashion. >> the sweater vest was like, fear the vest. >> yes, fear the vest. in iowa, that look is fierce. plus, we all know throughout history, electoral power has hinged on clothing. remember eisenhower's cumber bun and theodore roosevelt's tube top.

i appreciate michele bachmann joining us with her family and her husband marcus with us as well. about his chances in iowa and his plans for new hampshire and south carolina. we'll talk to the republican candidate. and two of his supporters, his daughters who are with him as well. stay with us. improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. i took some steep risks in my teens. i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren't lowering my cholesterol enough. now i'm eating healthier, exercising more, taking lipitor. numbers don't lie. my cholesterol's stayed down. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. it's backed by over 19 years of research. [ fema

michele bachmann who won the iowa straw poll, but finished next to last in the iowa caucuses. she bowed out after she danced one last public dance with her husband, marcuss support will seal the deal in new hampshire. mccain is still very popular are independents there. at least one rival is not impressed. jon huntsman shrugged off the endorsement saying, nobody cares. rob and paula? >> all right, thanks a lot for that, scott. be sure to stay with abc news for this saturday night's gop debate in new hampshire. george stephanopoulos, diane sawyer will lead that discussion in just two days. tune in at 9:00 p.m. eastern. 6:00 pacific saturday night. >>> the president's push to bypass congress continues today when he will announce a new program to help young people find summer jobs. it is a partnership between the federal government and the private sector. the president hopes it will create between 180,000 and 250,000 summer jobs for low-income students. he has come up with the plan on his own because his jobs agenda is stalled in congress. >>> and in another end-around capitol hill, president obama has appointed the former ohio attorney general, richard co

marcus and congresswoman bachmann and i'm going to ask my wife to come up and we are going to pray ats time right now, yeah. and it is such an honor to have this wonderful family, 23 foster childr children. wow! if you can -- if you can do that, that is a miracle working god right there, amen. i will have julie pray for michele and i will pray for marcus and i will ask the congregation to respectfully turn your hearts toward god and just be with us now in agreem t agreement. you so much for this wonderful example of a fami family. father, a family that has laid down their lives to be servants to those who are un fortunafort. father in the counseling that they have done, in the families that they have helped, the foster children that they have raised. i thank you for a family who is laying down their lives to serve this nation. father, i thank you that they have given of themselves greatly in this season. and, father, it is truly more blessed to give than it receive. but, father, when we give we reap back manifold. i pray they will get great fame, favor and friendships. i pray that the