I used to think the GOP establishment enlisted Bachmann to dilute the conservative votes in the primary (i.e. stalking horse theory), in exchange to promise Bachmann the second place on the ticket. Now, I think Bachmann is purely being used.
IF Bachmann is successful and Romney got the nod, I believe Romney / GOP establishment is going to pick either Rubio or another Southerner (or TX/Southwest) but more to Romney’s right as his running mate.
Bachmann will have learned a hard lesson. Maybe she’ll be a secretary of something minor. But the downward trend of the country will continue and the public will be justified to blame the final descend all on the Republicans.
Rubio is not elligible to be president, he is not Natural Born.