Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) addresses a gathering of supporters to formally launch her campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination in her childhood hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, June 27, 2011.
Posted on 06/27/2011 9:05:43 AM PDT by bjorn14
Rep. Michele Bachmann, stressing her Iowa roots and appealing directly to Tea Party voters, came out swinging Monday as she formally launched her campaign for president.
Buoyed by a strong showing in several recent polls, the Minnesota congresswoman cast her campaign as the voice for "constitutional conservatives" looking for a government that lives within its means while giving the private sector the room to grow. She launched a broadside against President Obama for racking up too much debt while stimulating too little job growth and vowed to make him a "one-term president."
"We cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama," she declared, later adding: "We can win in 2012 and we will win."
In her announcement, Bachmann described a special bond with Iowa, the nation's leadoff caucus state. She held the kickoff in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, and called herself a "descendent of generations of Iowans," saying the state is where she learned "everything I needed to know." She also appealed to another vital primary constituency, calling herself part of the Tea Party movement and defending it as a cross-section of Republicans, independents and disaffected Democrats.
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The hate for michelle is amazing. I read Yahoo posts and the slime being slung is sickening. But if we did half of what the libs are doing we would be called SEXIST, RACIST.
What is the difference between Bachmann and Palin?
Fair enough but those are her tax policies. She has to connect the dots on how many jobs that will produce before 2014.
This is the third “first announcement” for Ms. Bachmann.
Another Rollins confusion? or scheme.
She has to argue the conservative postion that the Government can’t create jobs, only foster a healthy enviroment for business. The Government needs to get out of the “running the economy” business.
Does anyone know what church Michelle Bachmann and her husband attend?
I would like to see a debate between the two of them.
That seems a cop out when she blames Obama for not creating jobs. Anyway, the conservative position of hands off still has to answer the question - how many jobs will it produce before the 2014 election?
Bachmann is a better speaker
Bachmann didn’t quit halfway through
Bachmann can handle the media
I’ve been a Michele Bachmann fan for a while, but she keeps impressing me more and more!
Differences between these two women: Palin has half a governors' term executive political experience, while Michele has executive business experience. Michele is the better speaker, Sarah has the greater star power among conservatives. Both have good name recognition, with Sarah holding an edge in this area amidst positives and negatives. Sarah is a lightning rod - people love her and follow her like a cult, or absolutely loathe and detest her. She's positive. She's also perceived, whether fairly or not, as somewhat light and absent-minded. I know in my heart that this is only perception and that Sarah is in fact an intelligent, patriotic, and capable leader... but could she convince the masses of this?
Michele has a certain Thatcher-like quality about her persona that I like. I could envision her giving a State of the Union address. Michele also has some things I don't like: a lawyer's background. But in presidential politics, that's pretty hard to avoid.
Asked to choose between them... I honestly could not give an answer at this moment. It's the candidates' jobs to court their base in the primary cycle.
The most substantial difference that I can see is that Sarah Palin is not officially running. The biggest concern I have is splitting of the conservative vote and landing us another Romney.
A very good point. I think that if Bachman is doing very well and has the right message, Sarah won't jump into the fray. Perry though... I don't know exactly who I'd pick in a matchup between those two. I know Perry has baggage, but as a sitting governor with loads of executive experience under his belt, and that ominous 1880 barrier date hanging over Bachman, it's a tossup. Of course after the disaster in 2008, all "odds" are in the wind anyway. But we can't afford to be wrong. Not this time. We can't afford to let either Romney or Obama win. Both a sure recipe for destruction.
I meant as far as policy and beliefs.
Like the tea parties is she only a “fiscal conservative” ???....
A hatred that's reserved only for conservative women who libs feel have a good chance of winning the nomination. The Left despises real women with a ferocity unequaled.
The likelihood that 2 tea party conservatives will stay in the race, neck and neck, each getting votes, in primary after primary, is slim.
Either Palin or Bachmann will be ahead of the other, and the other will drop out.
They have to make sure they’re nice to each other, so that when one drops out, the other will get their support. The same is true, pretty much, with any tea party candidate.
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