Michele Bachmann is “open to having that debate” on whether the corporate tax should be eliminated, as Sarah Palin proposed in her speech yesterday, but right now she is focused on lowering the corporate tax rate to 20 percent.

Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation this morning, Bachmann emphasized the importance of permanent tax code measures to help make “dynamic job creation” occur, and argued that allowing corporations have a set period to repatriate foreign income at a 0 percent tax rate to the United States would be a “true stimulus” of about $1.2 trillion.

In response to a question about how she could deliver on her promise to have gas fall to less than $2 per gallon, Bachmann argued that that “an all of the above energy strategy,” that included opening up areas for oil drilling, would be how she could reach that goal.

“I believe in God, and I’m not ashamed to say that I believe in God,” Bachmann said about her remarks about Hurricane Irene being a message from God to Washington, after being asked if she believed God would speak through weather. “The comment I made right then was a metaphor.”

Bachmann cited the “political courage” she had shown since her election to the House in 2006 as why she would appeal to voters more than Rick Perry.

“I have been at the tip of the spear on issue after issue after issue in Washington, D.C.: fighting against the implementation of Obamacare, fighting against EPA rules, and also fighting against the out of control government spending. I didn’t sit back when I had the chance in Washington. I took these issues on,” Bachmann said.

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