The number of Minnesotans on the Values Voter Summit presidential straw poll ballot has dropped from two to none.
Rep. Michele Bachmann has withdrawn her name from the 2012 straw poll ballot at this weekend's convention in Washington, a spokesman with Family Research Council Action, which hosts the summit, confirmed.
Earlier this week Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is gearing up for a potential 2012 presidential run, also removed his name from the ballot because he is currently in China and Japan and will not attend the summit.
While Bachmann has not made any presidential moves, she spoke Friday morning at the summit and was initially included because she had "captured the national attention," Tom McClusky, a senior vice president for FRC Action, said last week. Others who aren't currently mounting serious presidential bids, like Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, were also on the list.
In her speech Friday, which drew a loud response and standing ovation from the crowd, Bachmann said she was "giddy" about the upcoming midterm elections and called the president's thinking "infantilism."
Bachmann, who started the Tea Party caucus in Congress, said the Tea Party was "the largest political movement we have seen in modern times."
Bachmann's sixth district opponent Tarryl Clark sent out a fundraising e-mail this morning soliciting donations from Bachmann's speech. The e-mail warned: "Michele Bachmann is considering running for president."
Requests for comment to Bachmann's spokesman were not immediately returned.
