Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), center, visits Pasadena and speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) visits Pasadena and speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), right, receives a welcoming hug from Co-founder of Tea PAC, Tamara Colber, before speaking to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel in Pasadena on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) visits Pasadena and speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) visits Pasadena and speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Member of the Women’s Republican Group, Jane Brockway, waits for the arrival of the Republican presidential candidate, Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), as Bachmann visits Pasadena and speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
David Miller, left, was taken onstage by Republican presidential candidate, Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), as Bachmann speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) visits Pasadena and speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Anne Beckner listens to Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) as she speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) talks to media after speaking to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) visits Pasadena and speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Jerry Peterson, right, greets Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) before Bachmann speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) visits Pasadena and speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), from second left, prays before speaking to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)
Carol Jones, right, takes a picture with Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) before Bachmann speaks to Pasadena Tea Party (Tea PAC) activists at the Green Hotel on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)