WEST DES MOINES, Iowa  — Michele Bachmann’s campaign manager says it’s hard to tell whether she will continue her campaign after a bleak showing in the Iowa caucuses.

Asked if he could say with certainty whether she would go forward with her candidacy, Bachmann campaign manager Keith Nahigian told The Associated Press: “I don’t know yet.”

He added: “It’s hard to tell, but everything is planned.”

Bachmann was in last place among six candidates in the nation’s first Republican presidential nominating contest in early Tuesday night. It was a sharp turn for the Minnesota congresswoman after finishing in first place during the Iowa GOP’s summer straw poll.