I agree with you: good voting record, believes the rights things, but not ready for the big time. She was obviously emotional and petty in her hammering of the vaccine issue. Legit issue? Yep, but coming from an ethanol supporter, crony capitalism is a rock and she lives in a glass house. Ethanol is a far more damaging scam than gardicil, and she still supports it from what I can tell (if not true, let me know).
And the heart string tug by continuing to use “innocent 11 and 12 year old girls” and by trying to make it sound Nazi-esque was simply over the top. She hurt Perry, but she did not help herself.
Obama wasn’t ready for prime time but that didn’t prevent him from being elected.
Sorry, I am not ready to buy into the Rino, party big-wig, and anti tea party narrative that says “Bachmann is finished”, “Giving up on Bachmann”....sorry if a repub can win in NYC then Bachman can landslide the kenyan!
Watch for this rino narrative to really take off this week.
She also alarmed many girls that were given the vaccine with her mental retardation remark....this did it for me....she was in my top 3 choices
I agree with your conclusions regarding the viability of Michele Bachmann as a Republican presidential contender. Monday night was a Pyrrhic victory for her and she will probably slip into second-tier status very soon. If Sarah Palin runs for the nomination, Bachmann will fold her tent. I’m good with that scenario.
Give Sarah a chance !
I like her voting record and she has a nice smooth professional delivery (when she’s not going over the top), but I wouldn’t choose her as a president in this field except for over Paul, Huntsman, Perry, Mitt and, of course, Obama.
She won't let go of the executive order thing. Perry admitted a mistake and wishes he had done it the right way. There was an Opt-out path, but Michelle will not let go and keeps reminding us that she is a Mother and how badly she feels for those poor innocent 12-year old girls.
Enough already, Ma! You are supposed to be "Presidential".
Her character is the biggest question! Hiring Ed Rollins, then defending his comments at first as “no big deal” only to feign outrage once the story snowballed.
Many things she has said and done....I this and I that has come across as very unattractive, she implies that she has perhaps even started the Tea Party almost.
The patting of herself on the back about her 23 adoptive children...our charity is supposed to be in secret, would have been better if others had spoke of it.
I would not be surprised to learn that she has stretched this past the truth anyway, it was all in a six year period I read, and it has been quite some time now.
Her run from the getgo was ill fated and simply self serving
The same must be said for any of the Pauls. Ron Paul is just as loony. It seems these candidates either set DU as their homepage, or www.vigilantcitizen.com
A bit odd how some people “thought Michele Bachman was the most impressive performer in the GOP field” but she can’t seem to pass Mitt Romney or Rick Perry. Obviously those in the “conservative” media who are “giving up on her” weren’t actively supporting her and it wasn’t enough anyways. She kept coming in so-called “polling” nationwide in third or fourth. But where it counted, Iowa straw poll, she won. I guess my point is all that matters is who a few states vote for.
But my second point, the media is all over the place with Bachmann. Some, like this author, say she was all that, but they never were promoting her. Some people in the “conservative” media are promoting Rick Perry.
Look, they are doing to her similar stuff they do to Palin. Either Buttering her up then attacking her or riding her off. Or making her as a scapegoat for their upsetness that the “front-runners” are being questioned.
Any parent could opt out. There was no "forcing innocent little girls" to get vaccinated.
I wouldn't have gotten the shot for my daughter, but it's up to other parents if they want theirs vaccinated. I don't see the big deal here - OTHER than it's none of the governments business.
I liked Bachman when she was on the trail, but after the debates - I don't care for her personally. She turns my stomach. She's become that neighbor you wish would get a job in another city and move away.
Romney will say anything to get elected. He's the kind of guy who'll praise you up and down to no end while he's shaking your hand, then move on to the next person hand trash talk you for an hour. I find the man repulsive.
So far, Perry is far from the perfect candidate, but he's the best as far as I can see. I'll take him over Oboma any day.
ABO - ANYBODY but Oboma!
Michele Bachmann probably won’t win for a number of reasons. The deck was stacked for her to lose. Some people promoting Rick Perry. The race is a bit messy. No matter what she did she was getting attacked. So I don’t know how thing will shake out, but ofr one reason or another she floundered. The media is dead set against her so that was a obstacle. yet, there is still a chance. But, I am more curious, how everything shakes out. Since I am not sold on most of the field then I can’t say this is going great. Herman Cain is doing the opposite of Bachmann. Still going nowhere. So the media is making us think and the polling. So it is what it is. Meaning, If Cain gets out and Bachmann is out and Palin is not in. I really don’t have a horse in the race to pull for.
Kennedy simply doesn't care what the media say about him---because he's dead.
It was her “I’m not a witch. I’m you.” moment.
Not my first choice, but I would vote for her over Obama any day of the week.
There are lot of reasons not to like Palin but this is about the dumbest reason to abandon her.