Bachmann Launches South Carolina Bus Tour
The Washington Post reports:
Rep. Michele Bachmann is mingling with Republican voters in this key primary state Wednesday, trying to capitalize on the momentum her upstart presidential campaign has built in recent weeks.
Bachmann plans to push hard in South Carolina, which holds the third nominating contest of the primary season. It is known as the state where many underdog candidates lose steam, including then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who four years ago appealed to the same evangelical constituency as Bachmann does this time around.
But the rise of the tea party here provides new opportunities for Bachmann, who is seeking to be the standard-bearer for the conservative grass-roots movement.
After formally launching her campaign in her birth city of Waterloo, Iowa, and stopping briefly in New Hampshire, the Minnesota congresswoman is conducting a bus tour of South Carolina that will focus on backyard chats and town hall meetings across the state. She began in this historic port city early Wednesday, and will end in Rock Hill, near the North Carolina border.
