Michele Bachmann for president in 2012? Why yes, thanks for asking

LA Times ^ | 1/9/11 | Andrew Malcolm

[pissant]

Contact Michele and urge her to run.

http://bachmann.house.gov/Contact/ZipCode.htm

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

I will be happy to urge her to run

http://bachmann.house.gov/Contact/ZipCode.htm

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Bachmann 2012!

[pissant]

BUMP

[cripplecreek]

In a hot second.

[hennie pennie]

Say, pissant .... what happened to your MB-pings???

[Gator113]

I plan to vote for Palin.... but if she decided not to run, I could easily back Michele.

Palin/Michele would be killer.

[Cobra64]

From the article:

"This fall, Bachmann was targeted by numerous prominent Democrats..."

Democrats are 'targeting' Bachmann?! Someone call the police, FBI, SWAT, CIA!

[Cobra64]

DeMint/Bachmann - 2012

[pissant]

sorry, I don’t always remember

[Fireone]

DeMint/Bachmann - 2012

My dream team!

[Lazlo in PA]

I like Bachmann, but another House Rep with no experience does not seem logical.

Why not run for larger office in her state first to see if she can do something other than maintain her safe seat.

[2ndDivisionVet]

IIRC, only two individuals have ever been elected president with just a stint in the House of Representatives on their resume: Abraham Lincoln (16th president) and James A. Garfield (20th president) Why do you think that is?

[pissant]

Not sure, but at least it has happened before. As opposed to a 1/3 term senator/community organizer/illegal alien winning. Who’d a thunk it?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Neophyte senators have been elected president before (Jack Kennedy) but at least he had worn the uniform of the United States, despite all his other flaws. Mr. Obama couldn’t be bothered to even register with Selective Service, which takes about 30 seconds.

[pissant]

I agree. Plus, his backround was completely obscured. Still is. Yet he won.

[pissant]

And DHS, and BATF, and The Federal Marshalls...

[reasonisfaith]

One explanation is that most people who become president have planned it for a long time, and their planning includes a series of steps which SEEM more likely to get them elected. Like being governor of a state or senator.

Could be that it’s not so much of an obstacle in the minds of voters—it’s just that the ambitious are extra careful in their planning. The result is that a much higher percentage of candidates have been governors and senators.

[2ndDivisionVet]

He won with family (Saudi) money just as Jack Kennedy did with Joe’s bootlegging & rum running proceeds.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Both presidents I cited were elected in the 19th Century. No mere House member was elected president in the 20th Century. The presidency was much smaller and weaker back then than it is now. We see in Mr. Obama the fallacy of “on-the-job training” in the oval office.