In Politics: Debt Standoff And Bachmann's Bid By NPR Staff Published July 1, 2011 at 12:00 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 11:54 Alice Keeney / ASSOCIATED PRESSRepublican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks in Charleston, S.C., June 29, 2011. Copyright 2011 NPR