And I say this as a Bachmann supporter.
Of course I'm also a Palin supporter which makes this whole episode even more disconcerting.
That's the entire problem here - you have a near-complete overlap of Palin and Bachmann support. What on earth is Bachmann thinking by allowing an attack dog to get after Palin? She is dissing her own base in the process. You don't enlarge a coalition by knifing your base to get more supporters from elsewhere.