1) No sense of how to build a coalition - Ed Rollins being exhibit A and Bachmann's unwillingess to publicly acknowledge the problems Rollins has caused being exhibit B. If Palin does not enter the race, Bachmann is a natural crossover for Palin supporters. I have yet to see that either Bachmann or her supporters realize just how much Rollins has created a chasm for that movement if the opportunity arises. And she will not be a natural crossover for the establishment pubbies. She has to win on the right - and not alienate potential allies.
2) Not being prepared for what is likely to come. Bachmann stated on Fox News Sunday that she never got a penny from her father-in-laws farm. Her congressional filings indicate otherwise. She has to be preparted for such questions to answer then in such a manner that she doesn't raise even more questions - there may be an explaination for the discrepency, but she has not offered up one for it.
3) Making unforced errors. The John Wayne statement is a prime example. It was completely unneeded and unscripted. And it was a Youtube bonaza against her.
4) Not admitting she was wrong. See failure to aplogize publicly for Rollins and admitting her mistake in the John Wayne matter.
5) Thinking this will all go away if she pretends it doesn't exist. It won't.
Now I'm sure the usual suspects will be coming along to bash Palin and tell me I must want Romney or Obama to win.
Horsecrap. Bachmann should be a logical conservative option. But she has to show she understands what it takes to win more than a Congressional election. So far she hasn't, and there isn't a lot of time for a learning curve in this game.
I listened to part of her on Hannity today, and what troubled me is the overuse of the word ‘I’, including the claim she ‘I am a uniter’, meaning she’s said she’s uniting conservatives, libertarians, independents and some democrats.
You are correct. She has created doubt in every person’s mind except a few women who like her. My wife taught me years ago how women will trash another decent looking female like Palin. Now Bachman is a decent looker, too.
Please get off a woman running now for Pres. Try Bachman for VP.
Issue 6) Michele Bachmann wrote several letters to Bush adm in
2007 advocating a presidential pardon for Frank Vennes
who was a large donor to her , Norm Coleman and Tim Pawlenty.
Vennes pleaded guilty and no contest to federal charges of money
laundering, cocaine and firearms trafficking in 1987 and has recently been
indicted on a ponzi scheme.