Bachmann bows out

URBANDALE, Iowa — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann bowed out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday after finishing at a distant sixth place in the Iowa caucuses Tuesday.

“Last night the people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice and so I have decided to stand aside,” Bachmann said from her campaign headquarters in Urbandale. “I have no regrets — none whatsoever. We can leave this race knowing that we ran it with the utmost integrity.”