Photo: #Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, with her husband Marcus Bachmann, walk to their next stop while visiting a few independent businesses in the Valley Junction shopping district Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 in West Des Moines.
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Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, with her husband Marcus Bachmann, walk to their next stop while visiting a few independent businesses in the Valley Junction shopping district Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 in West Des Moines. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson)

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