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Politicians are wise to have their stump speeches fact-checked before making them.

Exactly.

This is 3rd grade history for New England. There's a Patriot's Day Holiday in MA and ME.... The Boston Marathon is run on that day .... The Red Sox always play at Fenway at 11 AM on that day.....

If it had been off an cuff statement to answer a town hall question she would be given a pass. It is local history and voters wouldn't expect her to know every detail of regional history.

This is, however, a prepared speech in NH. It would have taken 10 seconds to fact-check on Wikipedia. Instead, she made a statement that any 3rd grader would know is incorrect. Why should anything else she says be taken seriously by an uncommitted voter scrutinizing her positions?

She will be dismissed out of hand as someone who doesn't do their homework.

She's a Tea Party spokesperson. She can't come across as someone who doesn't respect the intellect of local voters enough to get 3rd grade history correct on a topic she herself chose to present.

The arguments that other politicians have made gaffes is specious. Independent New Englanders already know they're bullsh.t artists. They're looking for someone who isn't.

"This is, however, a prepared speech in NH. It would have taken 10 seconds to fact-check on Wikipedia. Instead, she made a statement that any 3rd grader would know is incorrect. Why should anything else she says be taken seriously by an uncommitted voter scrutinizing her positions?"

If you actually take the time to check Wikipedia, you will find that for much of it's existence, pre-Revolution, New Hampshire WAS part of Massachusetts. They were joined and separated several times. So the real facts of history are a bit more nuanced than you think.

She's a Tea Party spokesperson. She can't come across as someone who doesn't respect the intellect of local voters enough to get 3rd grade history correct on a topic she herself chose to present...[and all]
Agree 100% "longjack"..and we all write that the other side says "this" and "that"..but I must admit is no excuse.
Fox News [by hiring] and other media outlets have overexposed [for media ratings] our best possibles.. they,therefore, become political celebrities/actors and are not taken seriously anymore.

So we are left without a Republican leader, not that I thought Bachmann stood any kind of a chance as President. But, I am disappointed.

...maybe there is no one out there with presidential leadership material, the "right stuff and IT factor".. and we go as a popular comment always made- "the worst of all evils".