Michele Bachmann 2012

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Bachmann: God Sent the Hurricane, Earthquake...

To make Washington spend less

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann is the latest candidate to make the risky political move of “attributing political motive to natural disasters,” as Alexander Burns writes for Politico . The St. Petersburg Times reports that this weekend at a campaign event in Florida, while praising the Tea Party for its focus on...

Bachmann: I'd Drill in the Everglades

...as long as it's done 'responsibly'

(Newser) - Speaking in Florida yesterday, Michele Bachmann supported drilling for oil and natural gas wherever we can find them, even in the Everglades—as long as we do it “responsibly,” the AP reports. “The United States needs to be less dependent on foreign sources of energy and more...

Tea Party Supporters Give Rick Perry Lead in Republican Race

 Tea Party  
 Favorite:  
 Rick Perry  
gallup poll
Aug 27, 2011 5:27 PM CDT

Tea Party Favorite: Rick Perry

And 58% of Republicans and right-leaning independents like the Tea Party

(Newser) - Turns out that Rick Perry holds a substantial lead among Tea Party supporters. Here's the new Gallup breakdown: Perry holds the same 21-point advantage, 35% to 14%, over Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann among Tea Party backers. Also, 58% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents back the Tea Party. That...

Bachmann Won't Rule Out Dropping the Minimum Wage

She also advocates reducing corporate taxes

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann says everything would be on the table in her administration when it came to trying to boost employment—including dropping the federal minimum wage. Asked yesterday if she would consider changing the minimum wage to make US labor costs more competitive with overseas costs, she replied, "I'...

Poll: Obama in Dead Heat With GOP Candidates

Bachmann, Romney, Paul, Perry all roughly even with prez

(Newser) - If the election were held today, it would be too close to call between President Obama and any of the GOP front-runners, according to the latest Gallup poll . Obama would be in a dead heat within the margin of error against Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, or Rick Perry,...

Huntsman: I'd Be Bachmann's VP, Not Mitt's

'There'd be too many jokes,' he laughs

(Newser) - Jon Huntsman is stirring the GOP's pot, telling Piers Morgan that he'd be open to running as Michele Bachmann's vice presidential candidate—or as VP to pretty much any GOP candidate, save Mitt Romney. "If you love this country, you serve her," he says in...

Forget 'Humble Service'— Ego Prods Politicians to Run

Vanity, swag inspire presidential candidates: Frank Bruni

(Newser) - Investment bankers admit to greed and actors confess their vanity, but "politicians feel compelled to perform an elaborate pantomime of unalloyed altruism," groans Frank Bruni in the New York Times . Michele Bachmann was called to run by God? Rick Perry by his wife? "Oh please," writes...

GOP Needs Bachmann —as a Perry Buffer

Steve Kornacki: She can clear the way for a more electable candidate

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann is bad news for the GOP on two fronts, writes Steve Kornacki at Salon . She might somehow win the nomination and thus "cost her party an utterly winnable election," or, more likely, she could push the other candidates too far to the right and play into...

Bachmann Security Tangles With Reporters

Pushing, even threats of violence, accuse journalists

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign is brash and boisterous—and increasingly rough with the reporters covering it, reports Politico . In less than two months, there have been at least five incidents reporters have called unusually hostile, including a Norwegian reporter who says an aide threatened to break his arm. Bachmann'...

Bachmann Staffer Was Busted for Terrorism

Peter E. Waldron's activities in Uganda murky

(Newser) - The campaign worker Michele Bachmann credits with a "tremendous" job in helping her win the Ames straw poll was charged with terrorism five years ago in Uganda. Peter Waldron was arrested for possession of assault rifles and ammunition just days before that nation's elections, reports Politico . A conviction...

Bachmann Mixes Up Elvis's Birth, Death Dates

She wishes him a happy birthday

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann stopped in Spartanburg, South Carolina, for a campaign rally today. A fan of the King, Bachmann has said in the past that she has some Elvis songs on her iPod. At the start of her rally, she asked the crowd to wish him a happy birthday, notes CNN...

Perry Jumps Ahead in New GOP Poll

Nabs 29%; Romney follows with 18%, Bachmann 13%

(Newser) - Rick Perry has soared ahead of his top rivals in the latest Rasmussen poll of likely GOP primary voters. With 29% support, he leads both Mitt Romney (18%) and Michele Bachmann (13%) by double digits. Ron Paul scored 9% support, with Herman Cain rounding out the top five at 6%....

Dominionism— the Scary Bond Between Perry and Bachmann

Both candidates tied to movement that calls for Christian world rule

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry are far more than just two hard-right Christian candidates angling for the GOP presidential nomination—both have ties to a scary, theocratic movement called Dominionism, writes Michelle Goldberg at the Daily Beast . While many have pooh-poohed those worrying about a Christian sect bent on world...

Mike Lupica: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry a Gift to Barack Obama
 Bachmann, 
 Perry a Gift 
 to Obama 
OPINION
Aug 15, 2011 1:53 PM CDT

Bachmann, Perry a Gift to Obama

Mike Lupica: GOP destroying its chances with 'fringe candidates'

(Newser) - With the economy weak, the president is looking vulnerable; “the Republicans have Obama right where they want him,” writes Mike Lupica in the New York Daily News . But with Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry in the lead, the party is shooting itself in the foot. For his part,...

At GOP Event, Perry 'Down-Home', Bachmann a 'Diva'

Michele comes off as too stand-offish for just folks, says Politico

(Newser) - Now that Michele Bachmann has Texas Gov. Rick Perry's hot breath on her neck, she's looking more like a ... diva. That's the assessment of Politico , which found Perry coming off as a get-along, down-home kind of guy at his first major campaign event with Bachmann. Bachmann, on...

Michele Bachmann Won't Call Gay Couples With Kids 'Families' (Meet the Press Video)
Bachmann Won't Call Gay Couples With Kids 'Families'
'meet the press'
Aug 14, 2011 2:22 PM CDT

Bachmann Won't Call Gay Couples With Kids 'Families'

Candidate dodges questions on 'Meet the Press'

(Newser) - Another tidbit from Michele Bachmann’s media victory lap today: On Meet the Press , Gawker notes, Bachmann dodged (and dodged again… and again…) David Gregory’s repeated attempts to get her to address her 2004 comments that being gay is “personal enslavement.” Instead, she consistently said, “...

Bachmann: 'I've Been a Fighter'

Rep does victory lap after big win in Iowa straw poll

(Newser) - If you can't turn the channel this morning without running into Michele Bachmann, do not adjust your set: The Minnesota rep is taking her victory lap on all five major network shows, reports Politico . Highlights:
  • On her leadership : "I've been on the front lines, and I have
...

The Quiet Winner of Iowa Poll: Romney
 The Quiet Winner 
 of Iowa Poll: Romney 
OPINION
Aug 14, 2011 6:51 AM CDT

The Quiet Winner of Iowa Poll: Romney

With Rick Perry in race, Mitt needs a strong Bachmann

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann vanquished Tim Pawlenty and the other Republican also-rans in yesterday's Iowa straw poll , so let the real battle royale for the right begin—Bachmann vs. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, writes Steve Kornacki at Salon . "She crushed her biggest mainstream competitor," he writes, and Ron Paul,...

Bachmann Wins Ames Straw Poll

Ron Paul finishes second, Pawlenty third; Perry gets 718 write-ins

(Newser) - Rick Perry may have cast a big shadow over the Republican field today, but Michele Bachmann had a pretty good day, too: She won the Ames straw poll, with 4,823 votes of the nearly 17,000 cast, reports Politico . Ron Paul finished a close second (4,671), followed by...

Tim Pawlenty Blew it in Last Night's Debate: Steve Kornacki

 You Blew It, Pawlenty 
OPINION
Aug 12, 2011 12:38 PM CDT

You Blew It, Pawlenty

He should have gone after Romney, not Bachmann: Steve Kornacki

(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty came off like a desperate candidate with a misguided strategy in last night's debate , writes Steve Kornacki at Salon . Going after Michele Bachmann instead of Mitt Romney? Really? He probably figured he needed to do so because she is his chief rival in tomorrow's Ames straw...

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