Michele Bachmann Gains in Strength: Can She Get the Republican Nomination?

Pajamas Media ^ | June 27, 2011 | Ron Radosh

[Fred]

Yes, she can get the nomination...and she can beat Obama...

[cableguymn]

Shes tied with Mittens in Iowa. If she can beat him there it will at a minimum take the wind out of his sails quickly. That is a good thing if you ask me.

[cableguymn]

Shes tied with Mittens in Iowa. If she can beat him there it will at a minimum take the wind out of his sails quickly. That is a good thing if you ask me.

[nopardons]

No,I have grave doubts that she can win the nomination and HELL NO......she can’t beat Obama.

[haircutter]

If Palin runs...NO SHE CAN'T....

but if Palin does not run..YES She Can..

my opinion

[parksstp]

She can win IA and has the edge in SC and a good footing in FL.

The question is how many conservatives run and whether or not the vote fractures enough to allow Romney to come out on top in states he otherwise should not prevail in.

[Lakeshark]

Absolutely not, she'll be a disaster for the right if she actually pulled off the miracle and won the nomination, but I doubt she can.

She has no executive experience, no legislative accomplishments, zero life achievements that prepare her for the presidency.

Flame away, but make sure you give us a substantial reason that shows she is prepared for the presidency. Just one accomplishment, just one please.

[Kaslin]

A dishrag can beat the arrogant pos

[carcraft]

Uh why? Obama has so many negatives..9% (and higher unemployment), the health care reform is about as popular and screen doors on subs, gas prices are twice as high as they were when he became president, peoples houses are worth less than when he became president. Obama has been absent on budget negotiations, the health care law, unemployment and thinks wasting $ 800 billion dollars to stimulate the economy is some kind of a one line throw out joke..Now why can't Bachmann beat him, I think my dog can beat Obama, my dog is competent at biting and scaring the H*LL out of people, Obama is incompetent at every thing..

[parksstp]

hmm, executive experience - well she did start some businesses that created jobs in the marketplace. But I’m am confused. Just what kind of executive experience do you think a person has to have to sit in the office of POTUS? For me, all I care about is:

(1) Will they offer to Congress and sign legislation that promotes the welfare of the country?
(2) Will the vehemently oppose and veto legislation that makes the country weaker and less prosperous?
(3) Will they stand up to foreign and domestic threats in the interest of National Security?
(4) Will they appoint Constitutionalists to the Court whose view is in line with original intent?

Other than that, what kind of “experience” is necessary to be President?

Legislative Accomplishments - I include standing up and giving a voice to the American people and voting the right way even when that vote doesn’t go her way. She took the Tea Party seriously from its founding and established a caucus within the House when the GOP leadership just wanted to ignore it. And while Boehnor and Cantor did their best to alienate her and the Tea Party, she still found ways to keep those views at the forefront of the discussion.

Life achievements? What, is this American Idol now? I’m assuming you define life acheivements outside executive experience, so other than the basics (College Graduate, Lawyer, Activist), what specifically are you going for here?
Do you mean like W buying and managing the Rangers or something?

[carcraft]

Exactly what accomplishments does Zero have, destroyed the neighbor hood he community organized in, ran up the deficit, blew $800 billion dollars with nothing to show for it and rammed an unconstitutional health care law down our throats..LOL

[parksstp]

Give it up, its a hopeless argument against these people. They are a breed of Palinistas that believe Bachmann is a threat to Palin’s inevitable candidacy and is unneccesarily standing in the way of her coronation.

[nopardons]

No, sadly, that just isn't true, nor factual. It is just wishful thinking.

Would that what you said were true, but far too many idiots are out there and then there's the fraud.

[nopardons]

Almost all blacks will still vote for him; the same is true of the patently ridiculous term for people who speak a version of Spanish.... Hispanics. Some Jews will also still vote for him, as will all lefty scum and a base of Dems who 1) pay no tax 2)pay no attention 3) are paid to do so.

This isn't a repeat of Carter/Reagan, due to the fact that many people are complete idiots, uninformed, and aren't as turned off by Obama as they should be....even given all of the things he's done to destroy them. And the Dem machine is a fierce one;make no mistake about that!

[MestaMachine]

“Many of her detractors undoubtedly learned of her accomplishments at that moment, and must have been stunned to hear especially about her master’s degree in tax law from William and Mary”

Only if you haven’t heard her every single time she opens her mouth. Did you know john kerry was in Vietnam?

[be-baw]

I went so far as to say my dead dog Daisy would beat Obama in 2012.

Am I the only one to notice that Bachmann's huge mostly favorable media coverage bega just after she hired Rollins?

[ansel12]

We’ve raised 23 foster children.

Quite an accomplishment to "raise" 23 foster kids within the time frame.

She was only allowed to house up to 3 kids at a time, and she only carried the license for 7.5 years. Something isn't right with that claim.

[Elendur]

A dishrag can beat the arrogant pos
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agreed!
i DON’T believe Obama can win in 2012.
Libs hate losing above all. Obama won’t be on the ballot.
Remember that NJ Governor’s race?
...i think the big push NOW, all of a sudden, for this gay rights feather for Cuomo’s cap, is to build him for 2012.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2741121/posts

[fightinJAG]

I think Romney was warmed-over toast from the beginning anyway, coasting simply on name recognition, which won’t get him far this time around.

As I posted elsewhere, for Pete’s sake, Romney couldn’t beat MCCAIN in a pre-Tea Party year. Who would think Romney would magically get MORE popular now with the Tea Party in full force?

So, Mittens is a #MSM red herring. He will be gone soon, IMHO.

Bachmann? Yes, I am starting to believe she can win. It all.