Oh absolutely! And when Bhoner stripped her of power and told her to STFU, she boldly and with great conviction hid under a rock and was all but silent for 2 freaking years.
Bachmann did nothing with her fake “tea party caucus” in Congress. Attentive ears around the time she started the “caucus” recall hearing her say that it was just a “listening” committee — listening to what the actual Tea Party types were tea partying about — but only listening and doing nothing in Congress to block funding of Obamacare.
Bachmann is in with the Establishment/Bushes in the same way that Mitt has always been in with the Bushes... I imagine Jeb is readying her for a VP slot with an eye to counterfeiting Palin.
McCain nearly crossed the finish line because Palin dragged him over it, and some think Rove and the Bush White House meddled with the vote in 08 to make sure that Palin did not get in. (Rove wanted Mitt as McCain’s VP and McCain was talking about only serving four years due to his age that summer of ‘08, which would open a fast track to get Jeb into the Executive suite.)
Too bad we can’t ask Mike Connell what he thinks about the ‘08 vote because he happened to die right before he could testify against Karl Rove:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Connell
Finally, on Bachmann as a counterfeit Palin — let’s remember we know nothing about her, really. She’s never been vetted as Palin was vetted.
(Come to think of it, no modern politician has ever been vetted as Palin — including Jeb, Mitt... Wondering if Mitt also profited from Obamacare investments like Jeb?)