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Bachmann retires — GOP loses one of its biggest financial black holes
Conservative Intel ^ | 5/29/13 | David Freddoso

Posted on 05/29/2013 2:33:51 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier

...If anything, Bachmann’s exit means that the conservative movement is about to be better-funded, because conservative small-donors won’t be spending over $10 million to re-elect her to a completely safe House seat every two years...

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KEYWORDS: michelebachmann; mn06
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To: Timber Rattler

The seat was safe, before the IRS started to screw grassroots activists.


41 posted on 05/29/2013 3:35:54 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Arguing with a marxist is like playing Chess with a Pigeon.)
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To: cripplecreek
The only reason "Moderates" look up to democrats is because they're beneath the democrats.

Prize tagline nomination!

42 posted on 05/29/2013 3:39:59 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world." -- Francis)
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To: Albion Wilde

Yeah, I’m not a big fan of “moderates”.


43 posted on 05/29/2013 3:41:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
If you want to see how low conservatives can get, just go back and look at any thread about her from the campaign. They could have been the leftards attacking Palin and you couldn't tell them apart. The only reason "Moderates" look up to democrats is because they're beneath the democrats.

Maybe I'm the exception, but the way I look at these guys is simple - nobody is indispensable. I don't really care about biography - if a candidate can sell conservatism, that's good enough for me. The fact is Bachmann can't sell conservatism. Her district is under siege. And unlike Reagan, who was dubbed the Teflon President because none of the sleazy innuendos retailed by the media ever stuck and his opponents' attacks made them look mean-spirited, Bachmann robotic zero-charisma political persona has made her toxic, such that media personalities become more rather than less popular by attacking her. Where Reagan was the Teflon President, Bachmann is the Velcro Congressman.

44 posted on 05/29/2013 3:42:39 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

You can talk all you want. All I notice is that you popped your head up.


45 posted on 05/29/2013 3:43:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
You can talk all you want. All I notice is that you popped your head up.

Well, politics is a lot like religion. Convincing people to change their views is a Herculean task, and that's true no matter which direction we're talking about.

46 posted on 05/29/2013 3:45:53 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: The Old Hoosier

There is no guarantee that the millions MB got from conservatives will now to the Republican Party. More likely, the money will go to another Tea Party conservative, or to MB’s Senate campaign.


47 posted on 05/29/2013 3:51:20 PM PDT by pallis
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To: The Old Hoosier

What is it about Michele Bachmann that caused out of state donors to pour money into her campaigns? Could the GOP find other candidates who have “that” in order to capture that donor base? The money is there for the candidate who can earn it.

Go find out, guys!


48 posted on 05/29/2013 3:56:41 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
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To: pallis
There is no guarantee that the millions MB got from conservatives will now to the Republican Party. More likely, the money will go to another Tea Party conservative, or to MB’s Senate campaign.

That was exactly the author's point, and I quote:

If anything, Bachmann’s exit means that the conservative movement is about to be better-funded, because conservative small-donors won’t be spending over $10 million to re-elect her to a completely safe House seat every two years.

His point isn't that all conservatives are a waste of money - it's that Bachmann is. If they funneled that money to Cruz, who's in a safe seat, most of it would find its way to conservatives he felt worthy. Bachmann spent 99% of the money donated to her to eke out a 1% victory margin.

49 posted on 05/29/2013 3:59:10 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Venturer

Frightens them? How exactly? She ran for President. She lost badly. She barely won her district. Now she’s decided to hang it up. How is she “frightening” exactly?


50 posted on 05/29/2013 4:10:44 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Zhang Fei

to post 6.
agree entirely.

very glad see has quit.
................
any bets?
MB shows up at the 2017 Iowa straw poll
and tries to steal the spotlight.?.


51 posted on 05/29/2013 4:18:08 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: cripplecreek

Yes...most of the attacks on Bachmann seem to come from the PhonyCons

MB was a great leader of conservative values. The same people who still sandbag Todd Akin are the same ones sandbagging MB

Too many still peeing inside the tent


52 posted on 05/29/2013 4:22:07 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (GOP - Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
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To: SeminoleCounty
MB was a great leader of conservative values.

MB is a conservative and possibly an opinion leader among conservatives. But recent election results indicate she's not much of a political leader, at least not in terms of getting people to vote for her. And I doubt even the opinion leader tag holds - she's merely regurgitating ideas ripped off from political websites, ideas she then restates to make them more unpopular than they already are.

53 posted on 05/29/2013 4:32:49 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
Bachmann is not going away.

Isn't Franken up in 2014?

54 posted on 05/29/2013 4:33:11 PM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: Zhang Fei
Really. I don't think Michael Reagan is screwed up. On the other hand, Dick Cheney's daughter is a lesbian. Does that make Cheney a "lousy father?"
55 posted on 05/29/2013 4:59:26 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: cripplecreek
And watch the GOPe groin leeches come running to attack her in this thread.

Post of the week.

56 posted on 05/29/2013 5:32:39 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: SeminoleCounty
Too many still peeing inside the tent

Tinkle-sanctioning is still the only control on GOP membership the Pinkelmeisters have .... it isn't like the New York Athletic Club or the Porcellians .... they'll let just about anybody join <snif!>.

</off snotty brahmin RiNO>

57 posted on 05/29/2013 5:36:01 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: bigdaddy45

She isn’t frightening them for leaving, she had them frightened all along. Now they are relieved, One more Conservative down.

We can’t has Conservatives in the republican party.


58 posted on 05/29/2013 6:13:55 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Zhang Fei

Perhaps to you she does. To me she is Manna from Heaven while the others Cower under their Congressional seats she speaks out.

Perhaps you like what the Republicans have done for the last ten years, which amounts to doing Nothing.


59 posted on 05/29/2013 6:18:42 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: re_nortex

Bingo! Everything else is balderdash.


60 posted on 05/29/2013 7:55:25 PM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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