U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) (C) greets young attendees at the Conservative Political Action conference (CPAC) in Washington, February 11, 2011. Potential U.S. Republican presidential candidates flocked to a gathering of conservatives on Thursday to road-test a message that basically boiled down to this: Beat President Barack Obama in 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)