According to her Iowa campaign co-chairman, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann plans on "almost living in Iowa until the Iowa caucuses," Iowa Caucus reported
Iowa Sen. Brad Zaun made the comment during a Bachmann campaign telephone town hall conference Monday.
Bachmann, who noted she has spent 80-some days in Iowa, confirmed she's planning to spend even more time in her native state ahead of the first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses, tentatively set for Jan. 3.
"I look forward to camping back in Iowa," Bachmann told her audience, which her campaign said was a mixture of supporters and other Iowa Republicans. "I can't wait to get back."
She'll be back in Iowa Oct. 13 to campaign, mostly in heavily Republican western Iowa because she's planning to win the "all-important" caucuses.
She stopped short of saying Iowa is a "must-win," but her campaign manager, Keith Nahigian, didn't.
"She has to win Iowa and move on from there," Nahigian said in a video message to supporters. "By winning Iowa she will be on a path to victory."
