Michele Bachmann Making Play For GOP Leadership Post - HuffPo

[WillyT]

Michele Bachmann Making Play For GOP Leadership Post
Sam Stein - HuffingtonPost
Posted: 11- 2-10 03:51 PM

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Major Republican gains today are likely to produce some entertaining leadership and policy battles down the road, as the conservative wing -- emboldened by the election results -- asserts its thumbprint on the party's image.

How much intransigence there will be among the Tea Party sect will ultimately be determined by the ability of GOP leadership to satisfy their demands. But already, the possibility for friction is emerging. On Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann, one of the more eccentric members of the Republican Party, put out feelers that she would like to assume the leadership role likely to be vacated by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)

From Fox News:

FOX has learned that there is a "draft Michele Bachmann" effort afoot among House conservatives (and prospective members) to move the Minnesota Republican into the leadership.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) founded the tea party caucus last year. It's thought that House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) will step down (he's the number three in GOP leadership on the minority side...the slot would be the number four position in a GOP majority).

Some establishment Republicans are suspect of Bachmann and uncomfortable with some of her ideas. And moving her into leadership could make some GOPers wince.

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Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/02/michele-bachmann-making-p_n_777828.html

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[MineralMan]

1. Better hang on there, Michele, until you see if you actually

win today. My money's on the other candidate. You may be looking for work soon. I hear Denny's is hiring on the overnight shift.

[Peacetrain]

2. I would give up chocolate for a month...

From your lips to God's ears.. that would make my day

[MineralMan]

3. Well, it's not entirely clear that she'll win. The effort put out by

her opponent and lots and lots of people who have managed to knock on virtually every door in her district may just turn the tables on Ms. Batboy. We won't know until late tonight or tomorrow, but a surprise may be in the works in MNCD6.

[Angry Dragon]

5. That is Ms. Batshit

[Hawkeye-X]

10. Which Bachman is thoroughly unqualified for.

She's only qualified to be a nosepicker for a bum for less than a penny a WEEK!

[Angry Dragon]

4. Nice to see them fighting among themselves

And they think they can move this country in a positive direction

[emulatorloo]

7. All they care about is power. More likely to move the country in a negative direction to "destroy

Obama."

It would be awfully nice is Bachmann lost today.

[HughMoran]

6. I hate Michelle almost as much as that little shruggy icon

Have an opinion on the massive number of articles you post here?

[WillyT]

11. Nope...

:shrug:

[Matariki]

8. "emboldened by the election results" - THE RESULTS AREN'T IN YET.

[Hawkeye-X]

9. Ok you can have a leadership post, Michele - Head Useless Crazybatshitinsane Moron from the Basement

of HELL!

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. Stop it, yer killing me here!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I'm sorry. It's not funny. But I can't help it. The thought of the rebubbalickin House "leadership" doing one of their photo ops with Sir John of Orange, flanked by Eric the Weenie and Batshitcrazygirl...

Oh, God, here it comes again.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[FLAprogressive]

13. Good -- the more exposure she gets the more people see her as the face of the GOP