Posted on 12/01/2011 3:12:07 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
He doesn't claim to know her post-presidential campaign plans, but fellow Minnesotan Norm Coleman, a Romney backer, believes Rep. Michele Bachmann has what it takes to be vice president.
"She could serve well," he says of the Minnesota lawmaker who once led the polls for the Iowa caucus. "I think she's helped herself in this process."
Bachmann isn't reconsidering her future other than believing she is positioned for a comeback against Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in the GOP primaries.
But even her critics are giving Bachmann good grades for her campaign, debate performances and fund raising despite some early missteps.
Coleman, who spoke to reporters at a roundtable sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor says, "Ultimately, she has benefited from national exposure. I think she's handled herself extraordinarily well in the debates, she has exceeded a lot of expectations."
What's more, he adds, Bachmann has excelled at fund raising and kept her strong group of energized voters, two things a presidential nominee would want in a vice presidential pick.
If she was picked, Bachmann would be the second female GOP vice presidential nominee in a row, following her friend Sarah Palin who was selected in 2008 by Sen. John McCain.
I gotta go with my girl Sarah.
Marco Rubio
He attracts Florida, Hispanics, Tea Party conservatives, and is a great mind and speaker, across the board.
(He could also win in the first chair)
BINGO BING BINGO
It may have worked in 2008. Not in 2012. Bachmann has clearly been angling for this by hanging around at 5% and attacking any and all conservatives who pose a threat to Mittens. She has NEVER gone after Mitt on national television or in any debate.
She has NOT acted in the best interests of the Tea Party nor Conservatives in general. She has behaved very selfishly. Mitt needs her to hang in there because her 5% in each state could tip a plirality to him.
Only a Gardasil Retard would fail to have seen this coming from a mile away.
I think Chris Christie will be the VP on the Republican ticket. After carrying a blue state, his ability to sell to moderates would be irresistible.
Who doesn’t? :)
The proposition I was replying to was "That picking Rep. Bachmann will buy off the Tea Party?" Not that putting Bachmann on the ticket would result in the GOP winning the presidential race.
-- And Michele is no Sarah! Just because they're both female doesn't mean there are any other similarities. Rep. Bachmann doesn't have a day of executive experience! She's a backbencher in the House, at best. --
In addition to both being female, both appear to be generally conservative at heart, at least compared with most of the Democrats, and even compared with many of those in the GOP, for example, John McCain and Mitt Romney.
I've posted here before that I think Bachmann is an airhead and a lightweight, so I don't disagree with your bottom line. My point was just that some TEA partiers are apt to increase their inclination to vote a presidential ticket with Romney at the top, if Bachmann is the named VP candidate.
At least the DEM party is being held more at fault for the current situation, than it would have been if McCain had been elected.
I think the country is "lost," (the idea that the federal government should be one of limited and enumerated powers) in part due to a belief in universal suffrage as a worthy ideal, and about half of the voting population's preference being bought off with public money.
I'm also fascinated that the public seems to accept that the president is responsible to set domestic policy. Congress deserves 95% of the blame, and the courts too, for supporting decades of Congressional overreach.
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