Posted on 02/01/2011 1:12:04 PM PST by Ira_Louvin
Forget the fervent chatter speculating that Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann is considering launching a campaign to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar for the Minnesota U.S. Senate seat in the next national election cycle. Think bigger.
ABC News has learned that Bachmann, R-Minn., also is seriously weighing whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
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.
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She’d get my vote.
Is there a reason you omitted the publication date from this post? Any reason you don’t want us to notice that this story is nearly a month old?
Bachman/Palin...I’m in.
She’s destroy the left, they’d be in straightjackets.
Michele is drawing flack and taking some heat off of Sarah, nothing more. She’s running for the senate from MN.
typo “she’d.”
I would love to have her as my leader and I know the rest of you do too!
“She’d get my vote.”
Mine too.
With the added bonus of watching Chris Matthews et al die of apoplexy should (oops, when) she wins.
Probably mine too, but let’s be mindful of the lesson of “executive” vs. “legislative” experience. Our best Presidents have run things, not crafted laws.
Waterloo, Iowa....
It’s about time Obama met his Waterloo :P
YES
Aye!
Puh leaze.
Not that again, Re: Michele Bachmann.....
I agree.
Although she's earned her stripes as a firebrand patriot activist, she doesn't have the stature with the American public (or even Republican voters) to win the White House.
She more than passes the ideological purity test, but she has no executive experience in government. I'd prefer to see her run a state, and then launch a presidential bid. Besides, it's almost impossible to step from the US House of Representatives, directly to the White House.
**With the added bonus of watching Chris Matthews et al die of apoplexy should (oops, when) she wins.**
I could sleep well, voting for Bachmann OR Palin... either would make the added “Tingles” Matthews head explosion, even more joyful!!!
Michele would be a really good President. Smart and unafraid to say where she stands on the issues.
reverse that....
I think she probably will run for president at some point. Maybe 2012, but possibly she’s laying groundwork for a future run. It would be tough for her to run against Palin, but I would be surprised if she’s not around in a future race.
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