In a new TV ad, Michele Bachmann touts her “no” vote on the debt deal “because it’s time to balance the budget and pay down the debt.”

“Someone needs to say ‘no,’” Bachmann says in the ad. “I mean it… and you can believe it.”

The ad, which appears to be shot in Ames, Iowa, ends with Bachmann saying, “Won’t you join me here in Ames for the Straw Poll, and let’s send a message to Washington.”

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