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As I suspected last night, Michele Bachmann has stepped aside and suspended her presidential campaign after garnering only 5% of the vote in last night’s Iowa Caucus.
Bachmann certainly had her moments in this campaign but they were fleeting. For all her talk of being a consistent conservative she rarely got beyond platitudes and simply didn’t inspire confidence. I think she did a lot of damage to herself when she claimed she had been told that the Gardasil vaccine caused mental retardation.
At the moment, Bachmann’s political future is unclear. She hasn’t decided if she will seek re-election in Minnesota’s sixth congressional district. However, I don’t think this is the last we’ll hear of Michele Bachmann. It wouldn’t surprise me if she were to challenge Mark Dayton in the 2014 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
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Bob Grant| 1.4.12 @ 11:56AM
I respect Bachmann for being one of the first to vocally oppose obama's destructive policies. She demonstrated great political risk by doing so. Before it was fashionable among republicans to criticize obama, there was Michelle speaking the truth.
I hope she returns to the House to become a major player in the republican block.
She's a more serious version of Sarah Palin. Take that for what it's worth in the grand scheme of things.
Bob| 1.4.12 @ 12:07PM
Michele flunked to many 2nd grade history/geography exams. Now it's back to hubby, the kids and the land of 10,000,ooo lakes. Whoops! excuse me I mean't to say 10,ooo lakes. I'm getting as bad as Michele.
The Knife| 1.4.12 @ 12:24PM
Geography is tough when you haven't been to at least 57 states. Bob is stuck with the big O and is beginning to feel desperate. It is time to develop a hobby so he doesn't have to watch next year's slaughter. 2010 will be seen as the good old days for Democrats.
J.C.Eaton| 1.4.12 @ 12:15PM
Bob Grant: Hear, hear!!! Bob[nothing]: you sound like a d--k!!!!!!!
Derek Leaberry| 1.4.12 @ 1:02PM
With Obama re-elected thanks to the GOP Establishment, Mrs. Bachmann should win the 2014 Minnesota governor's race. 2014 should be another Republican landslide.
Me| 1.4.12 @ 3:51PM
You folks cannot seem to grasp that Bachmann was far and away the most hard line true believing conservative in the race.
That, and not "electability" (especially in a cycle where any Republican can and likely will win against a weak incumbent prez , e.g. like 1980 or 1932, etc.) yet we keep making the same error.
If you do not have a true believer, winning is moot, because they will not fight for your values in terms of dogged votes, etc. Good luck on your SCOTUS picks, Romney bots!
She did NOT have bad debates, and dwelling on ONE over reach attack which was distorted by the media on both sides insanely, where folks refused to see the larger points made, is disgusting.
Tell me something.
Look at Bachmann's RECORD of being correct on *votes* where it counted nearly 100% of the time. We say we want candidates who say what they mean and mean what they say, then we get one that embodies that and reject her.
The tea party just dissed the one person who 1000% fit their criteria on view of government and backing it up on unchanging stands and votes. They selected a less prolife candidate in Santorum, (endorsed Specter) they went for somebody who embodies big government (Medicare, willingness to destroy gov agencies, voting for TARP, earmarks, etc.) discrediting them and us.
What a huge mistake, Iowa...