Bachmann is almost ready to hop into the PHB GOP 2012 Clown Car

We may have our first female addition to the Clown Car soon as Congresscritter Michele Bachmann goes right up to the edge of declaring a run to challenge Barack Obama. This is what she told Iowa Public Television on Friday (via TPM).

Henderson: You recently referenced your Christian faith. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, when he announced he would not run, said that he just didn't feel called to do that. Have you had that sort of calling to run for president?

Bachmann: Well, every decision that I make I pray about as does my husband and I can tell you, yes, I've had that calling and that tugging on my heart that this is the right thing to do and because it's such a momentous decision, not only for myself, my husband and our 28 children, it is a momentous decision what ideas will I bring to bear? What are the resources that I have to marshal in terms of people, assets, the message and also the finances, the amount of time this will take, what this will mean for the nation.

Am I the right person for the job? Every decision and every endeavor my husband and I have made we think it through, we're not rash people. We make a plan because we want to succeed, we don't want to fail and so we've been very deliberative in this process and that's why we're now coming to the culmination and next month, as I announced last night, I'll make that decision right here in Waterloo and the world will know

[Note: Bachmann has had five biological children, and a total of 23 foster children over a span of many years.]

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