Bachmann: 2012 bid not 'personal' against Obama
By BRIAN BAKST, Associated Press
Jun 26, 2011 6:14 PM CDT
In this photo released by CBS News Sunday, June 26, 2011, shows Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Bachmann told CBS that she is gratified by the Iowa Poll that was released Saturday and showed she was in a statistical...   (Associated Press)

Republican Michele Bachmann says her bid to unseat President Barack Obama shouldn't be viewed as "anything personal" against the Democrat but says he's "just wrong" on his policies for America.

In an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, the Minnesota congresswoman also said she doesn't foresee problems moving from frequent naysayer to the country's proposer-in-chief. She says voters can expect her to propose an economic agenda that includes cuts to corporate taxes and phase-outs of taxes on inheritances and investment earnings.

Bachmann's nothing-personal message departs from her 2008 comments questioning whether Obama had "anti-American" views. She has said she wishes she framed her criticism differently.

Bachmann plans to kick off her 2012 campaign Monday in her Waterloo, Iowa, her birthplace.

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