Michele Bachmann 2012

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Bachmann: My Miscarriage Changed My Life

Candidate reveals tragedy, says it made her pro-life

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann today revealed what she described as a formative event in her life: a miscarriage she had after her second child. “It was devastating for both of us, as you can imagine if any of you have lost a child,” Bachmann told a South Carolina crowd of...

Bachmann Hubby's Clinic Scored $137K From Medicaid

Subsidies run smack into Tea Party candidate's criticism of subsidies

(Newser) - A clinic run by Michele Bachmann's therapist husband has collected $137,000 in payments from a program lashed by the GOP presidential candidate: Medicaid. Those payments are on top of an additional $30,000 in government grant money for employee training at Marcus Bachmann's clinic. The clinic, which...

Tom Petty to Bachmann: Don't Use My Song

He asks her to stop playing 'American Girl'

(Newser) - Sure, she's been in a presidential debate and has a PAC and all that, but Michele Bachmann has now truly made it to the political big leagues: A rocker wants her to stop using his song. In this case, it's Tom Petty, who objected to the use of...

Michele Bachmann Is Not Crazy...
Michele Bachmann
Is Not Crazy...
OPINION
Jun 28, 2011 3:51 PM CDT

Michele Bachmann Is Not Crazy...

But you are if you don't take her seriously: Mark McKinnon

(Newser) - The media would have you believe Michele Bachmann is a "flake"— see here for examples —but Mark McKinnon says anyone who buys into that is in for a big surprise. "Bachmann is not crazy, but the media are if they continue to view her as such,...

Michele Bachmann Gaffes: The Top 12
 Top 12 Bachmann Gaffes 
Jun 28, 2011 11:33 AM CDT

Top 12 Bachmann Gaffes

Needless to say, she's not doing well on PolitiFact

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann is, as the AP amusingly puts it, "one to watch—for inaccuracies ." Her gaffes have landed her a pretty awful score on PolitiFact , and have recently prompted her to fight back: She explained her John Wayne mix-up today on CNN and insisted she has "a...

Bachmann: Let's 'Look at' Minimum Wage

Republican hopeful maintains founding fathers fought slavery

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann still thinks minimum wage needs a review—and she says John Quincy Adams was a founding father. Noting that Politifact says she’s gotten more “facts” wrong than any other GOP hopeful, George Stephanopoulos asked her if she wanted to “clear up” some past comments, like...

Michelle Bachmann Confuses John Wayne With John Wayne Gacy
 Bachmann 
 Mixes Up 
 John Wayne, 
 John Wayne Gacy 
ACTORS, SERIAL KILLERS
Jun 27, 2011 3:30 PM CDT

Bachmann Mixes Up John Wayne, John Wayne Gacy

Kicks off presidential campaign with historic blunder

(Newser) - John Wayne once said, "Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." It's advice Michele Bachmann might've been wise to heed today. The Tea Party congresswoman kicked off her presidential campaign today in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, with an emphasis on her roots....

Bachmann Announces 2012 Run

And, with 'home field advantage,' she does it in Iowa

(Newser) - It's official: Michele Bachmann is running for president. Of course, we already knew that, but the Minnesota congresswoman formally announced her plans today in Iowa, where she was born. “We can’t afford four more years of Barack Obama,” she said to the 300 or so who...

Wallace Apologizes for 'Flake' Question to Bachmann

'I didn't mean any disrespect,' says Fox host

(Newser) - Chris Wallace's interview with Michele Bachmann on Fox News Sunday is resonating in part because he asked her, "Are you a flake?" The host has since apologized. "I messed up. I'm sorry," he says in a post-show video, notes the Hot Air blog . "I...

Bachmann: God Wants Me to Run

But no specific word from on high about Bachmann federal subsidies

(Newser) - Who knew God kept tabs on GOP party politics? Apparently, he gives Michele Bachmann an inner "sense" about what office to seek when she consults him. "Did God tell you he wanted you to run for the Minnesota State Senate, or something like that?" Bob Schieffer asked yesterday...

Michele Bachmann: I'm a Serious Candidate
 Bachmann: 
 See? I'm for Real 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jun 26, 2011 12:17 PM CDT

Bachmann: See? I'm for Real

'People recognize that I'm serious,' candidate says

(Newser) - Michele Bachman is nipping at Mitt Romney's heels in Iowa, and she took to the airwaves today to trumpet that tidbit: “I am very serious about what I want to do. People recognize that I’m serious.” Chris Wallace didn't appear to take her seriously,...

Romney, Bachmann Leading Iowa Polls

Rest of the GOP field is far behind

(Newser) - Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann are in a dead heat in Iowa, with 23% and 22% respectively, says a new poll by the Des Moines Register . Herman Cain is third with 10%, and all others candidates are tracking in the single digits. While Romney is a well-known name in Iowa,...

Gingrich: Obama So Terrible Blacks Will Vote for Us

Gingrich doubles down on 'food stamp' president jab

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich once again called Barack Obama “ the food stamp president ” yesterday, and said Obama has been so bad for black voters that they could jump to the GOP. Last time Gingrich tried the food stamp line—in which he touts himself, by contrast, as the “paycheck...

Here&#39;s the Odds for Top 4 GOP Candidates
 Betting Odds for Top 4 
 GOP Candidates 
NATE SILVER
Jun 24, 2011 7:50 AM CDT

Betting Odds for Top 4 GOP Candidates

It's Romney, Pawlenty, Perry, and Bachmann (in that order): Nate Silver

(Newser) - With the GOP candidates for 2012 out of the gates, statistics whiz Nate Silver sets the odds in the first of a 3-part series for the New York Times . The longshots will be looked at in later installments. His top four:
  • Mitt Romney: 3-2 against—a 40% chance of winning
...

Laughing at Bachmann Only Makes Her Stronger

People aren't voting for Bachmann, they're 'voting against us'

(Newser) - "Michele Bachmann has found the flaw in the American Death Star," Matt Taibbi writes in a long and (typically) profane profile of the Tea Party queen for Rolling Stone . "She is a television camera's dream, a threat to do or say something insane at any time,...

Bachmann Latest to Get Glitter Bombed

Sparkly attack largely misses its mark

(Newser) - Add Michele Bachmann to the list of GOP presidential hopefuls who have been "glitter bombed" by gay rights supporters, reports Politico . Bachmann was leaving the stage after a 40-minute speech yesterday in Minneapolis when a young woman approached the stage and threw glitter, but largely missed the congresswoman. “...

It's a Good Day for Bachmann, Ron Paul

He wins a straw poll, she wows conservative group

(Newser) - Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, and Jon Huntsman had a pretty good day on the campaign trail:
  • Paul easily won the straw poll at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, reports CBS . It's not a huge surprise: Paul (612 votes) typically does well in such venues because of his
...

Michele Bachmann Signs Deal for Memoir

Congresswoman's book expected in the fall

(Newser) - The good vibes keep on rolling for Michele Bachmann. Fresh off the positive reviews for her debate performance, the congresswoman has signed a deal to write her memoir, reports the New York Times . The book (no title yet) is expected in the fall, and Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund...

GOP Field So Bad That Bush Looks Good

 GOP Field So 
 Bad That Bush 
 Looks Good 
EJ Dionne
Jun 16, 2011 9:39 AM CDT

GOP Field So Bad That Bush Looks Good

He at least had a moderate bone in his body

(Newser) - The latest GOP presidential debate gave EJ Dionne Jr. “an experience I never, ever expected,” he writes in the Washington Post : “I had a moment of nostalgia for George W. Bush.” Sure, Bush got us into two wars and exploded the deficit with tax cuts for...

Debate Helped Rick Perry, Hurt Palin
 Debate Helped 
 Rick Perry, 
 Hurt Palin 
nate silver
Jun 14, 2011 12:51 PM CDT

Debate Helped Rick Perry, Hurt Palin

Why? Bachmann did well and Pawlenty didn't: Nate Silver

(Newser) - Acknowledging first that it's a little dicey to read too much into a debate so early in the process, Nate Silver ventures that last night's GOP forum might hurt the 2012 prospects of Sarah Palin and help those of Rick Perry, neither of whom took part. For Palin,...

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