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2012/01/27 02:41:56
Subject: Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann swept aside doubts about her political future Wednesday, declaring less than a month after ending her presidential bid that she will seek a fourth term in Congress.
Bachmann's decision ended speculation she might be ready to move on from the House, perhaps leveraging her popularity among some conservatives into a career in talk media. Despite her high profile, Bachmann has been only a marginal player in Congress.
"I'm looking forward to coming back and bringing a strong, powerful voice to Washington, D.C.," Bachmann said in an interview with The Associated Press. She said a formal announcement would come later.
Unless redistricting radically changes Minnesota's Republican-leaning 6th District, Bachmann figures to be a heavy favorite. Other Republican hopefuls had stood aside awaiting her decision. No Democrats have yet declared for the race.
Bachmann is a potent fundraiser who brought in $13.5 million in her last House race, but she likely would start from scratch after the presidential campaign. A campaign finance report that would show how much money she can bring to the race isn't due until the end of the month.
Ken Martin, chairman of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer Labor Party, said Bachmann's announcement wasn't a surprise. He said Democrats would attack Bachmann for being absent from the district and for missing votes in Washington during months chasing the presidential nomination.
"Anyone who thinks that they're unbeatable is fooling themselves, and particularly once you hand us these issues on a silver platter," Martin said.
Martin said he's talked with several potential candidates who were waiting for a special redistricting panel to issue new maps late next month. He said some also were waiting for Bachmann's decision.
David Fitzsimmons, 6th District chairman for Minnesota's Republican Party, said Democrats "put a lot of resources and a lot of energy" into three previous high-profile candidates against Bachmann without seeming to make much of a dent.
"We're very happy and excited in the 6th to have her running again as congresswoman," Fitzsimmons said.
Bachmann captured some early momentum in the chase for the GOP presidential nomination by winning the Iowa straw poll in midsummer, but she eventually faded. Bachmann said she will not be working for any GOP candidate still in the race ahead of Minnesota's caucuses Feb. 7.
Bachmann also addressed President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech. As she did on the campaign trail, Bachmann criticized Obama for "doubling down on failures that didn't work."
She said she "chose to lay everything on the line this last year" because she saw a better way.
"I know how to create jobs and I am a job creator," Bachmann said. "I do have a formula for success. I have lived that formula. ... We need that voice here in Congress."
Good luck you crazy bitch, hopefully your presidential fun made you look to crazy to elect in your district. Fade into obscurity, don't move to Paradise Valley.
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2012/01/27 03:07:50
Subject: Re:Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
Did God tell her to run for congress? Because she said he told her to run for president, but in hindsight was just jerking the poor lady around.
In other news, how the hell is someone a job creator? What does that even mean?
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2012/01/27 03:43:36
Subject: Re:Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
sebster wrote:Did God tell her to run for congress? Because she said he told her to run for president, but in hindsight was just jerking the poor lady around.
By God, I think you mean her husband.
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2012/01/27 06:09:16
Subject: Re:Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
Medium of Death wrote:This wasn't the 'I'm not a witch' woman, was it?
No that was the other one.. the chick off Bill Maher's show, I don't think she's a congresswoman, but I might be wrong.
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2012/01/27 06:17:03
Subject: Re:Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
sebster wrote:Did God tell her to run for congress? Because she said he told her to run for president, but in hindsight was just jerking the poor lady around.
Well, he was actually talking to Rick Perry, and she overheard.
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2012/01/27 06:41:04
Subject: Re:Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
mattyrm wrote: No that was the other one.. the chick off Bill Maher's show, I don't think she's a congresswoman, but I might be wrong.
Christine O'Donnell. She lost her Delaware senate election, getting thumped 57% to 40%. It was a bit of a debacle, because before she became candidate it looked like a certain pick up for the Republicans, and led analysts to argue that far from the Tea Party winning the 2010 election, that given Republicans turned out to vote in numbers like they always do while Democrat turnout was way down, it was in fact the woeful performances of Tea Party candidates like O'Donnell and Sharron Angle that saved the Democrats and let them keep control of the senate.
Michelle Bachman is the candidate famous for claiming Health Care reform would involve death panels. She co-authored a bill to require creationism be taught in school alongside evolution (which then got not one additional House of Representatives member to support it). She quickly got bored of the Republican standard of calling Democrats socialists, and calls fellow Republicans socialists all the time. She once hid in the bushes at a gay rally, where it is believed she took down the names of local attendees, when called on this she fled the scene. She's pledged to bring gas down to $2 a gallon, but hasn't told anyone how she plans to do this. Her husband runs a clinic that, among other things, tries to cure homosexuality.
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Ouze wrote:Well, he was actually talking to Rick Perry, and she overheard.
Ha!
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2012/01/27 07:31:20
Subject: Re:Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
Bachman 0'16! I say we get her in the White House, get her to nuke all our enemies/people we don't like, and then we can just say she's craaazy.... 10-12 years and the world will basically forgive or forget.
2012/01/27 07:40:52
Subject: Re:Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
Bromsy wrote:Bachman 0'16! I say we get her in the White House, get her to nuke all our enemies/people we don't like, and then we can just say she's craaazy.... 10-12 years and the world will basically forgive or forget.
Elect a crazy Republican, watch him do crazy gak. Then elect a charismatic Democrat who says all that stuff was bad but doesn't actually do anything particularly different...
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
2012/01/27 14:02:32
Subject: Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
The Congressional District she represents has been gerrymandered to be very safe.
However, after the last census, the Minnesota Legislature and Supreme Court are working on redrawing the districts. Minnesota lost one house seat. There is talk that this MAY impact the status of Michelle's district.
There has also been talk that Michelle's Presidential bid did not allow her to focus on her House war chest, and she maybe more vulnerable in the resourcess front. I doubt this as she probably has more National backers now than before.
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2012/01/27 14:25:38
Subject: Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
This is Minnesota we're talking about. Crazy is like a positive trait to them. Remember, they're the ones that elected Jesse 'The Body' Ventura as their governor, and Al Franken (from Saturday Night Live) as their senator.
Minnesota actually has a pretty active third party here that is relatively viable called the Independence party. This causes some strange things.
As for Jesse, he had a brilliant series of late run commercials just prior to the election. The election itself was during a very good time for the state, and he promised to provide the state tax surplus back to the citizens in the form of a check. He kept his word.
However, TPaw withteh help of the Dems in the legislature set him up for a big time fall but not cooperating with him at all. Of course, Ventura's style of governing and public relations after being elected did not earn him any friends.
It was an interesting time.
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2012/01/27 18:56:52
Subject: Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
Monster Rain wrote:I have a bit of a crush on Christine O'Donnell.
Shes pretty tidy like, id happily jump her bones as long as I removed her vocal chords first.
Well, or strangled her and then quickly got fired in while she was still warm.
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2012/01/27 21:22:43
Subject: Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
Monster Rain wrote:I have a bit of a crush on Christine O'Donnell.
Shes pretty tidy like, id happily jump her bones as long as I removed her vocal chords first.
Remove those vocals?
Listen to them pipes!
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2012/01/28 04:40:46
Subject: Michele Bachmann Reelection: Minnesota Congresswoman Plans To Run For Another Term In The House
