LOLOL: Michele Bachmann flirting with White House bid (Salon)

[hlthe2b]

http://www.salon.com/news/michele_bachmann/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/01/05/michele_bachmann_president



Per ABC News: A source close to the three-term congresswoman said Bachmann will travel to Iowa this month for multiple meetings to seek advice from political forces there and party elders close to the caucus process before coming to a final decision regarding a potential presidential run. Bachmann, a native of Waterloo, Iowa, also is set to deliver a keynote speech at an Iowans for Tax Relief PAC fundraiser Jan. 21 in Des Moines, Iowa.

There are several things to be said about this. One is that Bachmann's apparent interest isn't that surprising in light of the Tea Party-fueled upheaval we saw in multiple Republican primaries last year. It's not hard to imagine watching Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle, Joe Miller and others triumph even after being mocked for their erratic behavior and deemed certain general election losers made Bachmann say, "Why not me?" Add in the seeming weakness of the '12 GOP field, Bachmann's built-in national fundraising network, her Iowa roots, and the narrowness of the Iowa caucus electorate (and the fact that it may only take 30 percent to win), and it sort of makes sense that she'd think about taking a shot, doesn't it?

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Of course, flirting with a presidential bid never hurt anyone; it's great for free publicity. So here's guessing that Bachmann will deliver her speech in Des Moines in two weeks and probably a few others like it in the months ahead, pronounce herself flattered by the outpouring of interest, and then decline to run.

**more at the link (including a much more flattering photo than I chose to include...;)**

[Cleita]

1. Cat fight!

I don't think there is enough room in that Party for her and Sarah Palin.

[Canuckistanian]

2. I say go for it

Do what those voices in your head tell you to do, Michele.

[wtmusic]

3. please please please please please

President Crazy Eyes. Nice ring to it.

[qb]

4. I would love to see Crazy Michele on the ticket.

:bounce:

[hlthe2b]

5. Her campaign poster.... Let's distribute!

[PoliticAverse]

6. There's a lot of money to be made running for president...

as long as you don't actually try too hard to win.

This is why I expect Palin to make a halfhearted run.

[rurallib]

7. When I think of the struggle that women continue to have

:rant:
to secure equality in this country, it just outrages me that women such as Bachmann and Palin would be the beneficiaries of the work of women such as Anthony, Freidan, Steinem etc. etc..
I have daughters. I want them to have the full equality with men, including equal pay and control of their own health. To see women who would more than happily give it all back just infuriates me.
Sorry to rant, but when I first saw that earlier, I kind of blew a gasket. Seems like the Republicans can always find someone in the groups that they look down on to carry the cause of helping make the discrimination into laws.

When I look at democratic women, I see strong, sensible people. When i look at Republican women, I see those who want to take their gender back 200 years.
Thank you Hillary and all the millions of strong democratic women that make me proud to be a democrat.

GRRRRRRRRR

I apologize for the rant. But damn, women like her hurt my kids.

[Angry Dragon]

8. Speaking the truth is not a rant

Now if you would have said that bachmann is a evil woman
god's brother, Satan, had taken over her soul, and was planning to use her
to take over this christian nation for his evil plan to take over the world.

Then that would be a rant. Or is that the truth .....

[hlthe2b]

9. You have a point, but I already had to deal with my fury...

when the MSM kept comparing Palin to Clinton. Good Gawd.

[spanone]

10. american politics has become a very unfunny joke