[Son House]

Obviously as Cain is suspended his campaign, Bachmann is becoming this conservative's front-runner. Thinking: If you want a job done right, you’ve got to do it yourself, Bachmann has articulated well the detail and intent to legislatively get rid of the 'Health Care Insurance Reform' bill. She is also opposing Boehner's RINO ways, and we have to have someone who is going to tell the Washington Elites NO!

[BarnacleCenturion]

“Obviously as Cain is suspended his campaign, Bachmann is becoming this conservative’s front-runner.”

Agreed!!

With Newt and Romney splitting the lib vote, I see an opening for Michele now that Cain is out.

[redpoll]

I agree. I’ve always liked her, and the crazy shit about gay bashing just told me about her enemies, not her position. My hope is that the two RINOs will battle it out, and allow Michelle to come forth and be the nominee.

My dream ticket is something like Bachmann-Alan West or Bachman-Bobby Jindal.

Gingrich, in my opinion, is the right-wing Obama. He’s an academic filled with ideas, although since he’s a conservative, those ideas are based in reality. He has a lifetime of wandering to and fro with his thoughts, he can speak well, and he is glib. Obama is a left-wing ideologue on NPR blathering about social change; Gingrich is that guy on the National Review cruise talking about health care policy. Neither are leaders in the real sense of the word. I’d love to see Gingrich in the cabinet or something, though.

All I want is a real conservative. God help us if we have another McCain.

[mmanager]

C’Mon everyone let’s now get on the Bitch’s train!!! That is what the MSM wants. We are sooo screwed!

[freespirited]

I like Michele. Her voting record is really good. But I have trouble seeing her as qualified to be president. We have seen what happens when the president lacks the necessary executive experience.

[grey_whiskers]

Dare I say it?

"Bachmann-Palin Overdrive"?

Cheers!

[Maelstorm]

Michele is rising now. She has proven that even when it would’ve been easy to go along with her President (Bush) on things like Medicare Part D and No Child Left Behind etc. She’s shown that she does have a spine. Those who have criticized her for ‘not getting things done’ are stupid. She has consistently stood on principle and fought for smaller govt consistently. She was out front with the Tea Party. I hope her Team gets their act together because I just can’t jump to Gingrich. We had one Nixon and it was enough.

[izzatzo]

” “I like her as a person, but she just has too much ideological baggage,” said Geddings.”

Spoken like a true ‘rat, as if this trud(purposeful sic)in the WH has no ideology/is not ideological.

[Future Useless Eater]

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With Rasmussen
(and TOP 5 candidates minus Herman Cain)

Much like what the government does with unemployment statistics, the following chart represents a 4-poll "rolling average" for the latest 20+ polls listed at RealClearPolitics.com (plus other recent national polls).

I also weighted the polls by their size. For example, a poll with a survey size of 1000 was weighted proportionately heavier than an 324 survey size.

Weighted 4-Poll Rolling Averages of the latest 20+ Polls
listed at RCP   [as of Dec 3rd]
plus
YouGov polls 11/26 11/19, 11/12, 11/5, 10/29, 10/22, 10/15, 10/08, &
Poll Position 11/27, 11/22, 11/8, 11/1 polls inserted chronologically
I also broke the 11/9 - 11/14 Pew poll into two, (3-day) polls

(Example methodology for this chart will be on my profile page)

[ASA Vet]

Michele Marie Bachmann

born April 6, 1956 in Waterloo, IA (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)

Parents were
David John Amble, born in MN
Jean Johnson, born in IA

Both parents were US Citizens at the time of her birth (Meets the Jus sanguinis Requirement)

Michele Bachmann is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!

[perfect_rovian_storm]

That’s a ‘titanium backbone’ in case you hadn’t heard.

[Apollo5600]

*Sigh*. She’s a backbiter. She talks a good game, but I question her integrity in the way she deals with her competitors. She’s celebrating Cain’s fall right now. I’m not gonna celebrate her rise.

Frankly, I’m not sure who to vote for at all anymore. They all have serious issues. Perry has the best character, but I doubt getting behind him would mean anything when you’re splitting the vote between Bachmann, Santorum, Newt and Perry.

[montag813]

I want to see Barack Obama debate Larry Sinclair.

[montag813]

I want to see Barack Obama debate Larry Sinclair. No one else is worthy of him.

[montag813]

Obviously as Cain is suspended his campaign, Bachmann is becoming this conservative's front-runner. Thinking: If you want a job done right, you’ve got to do it yourself, Bachmann has articulated well the detail and intent to legislatively get rid of the 'Health Care Insurance Reform' bill. She is also opposing Boehner's RINO ways, and we have to have someone who is going to tell the Washington Elites NO!

Mark Levin said Fri that he would support either Bachmann or Santorum. Palin has nice things to say about Santorum. Levin and Palin are good friends, and she chose his radio show to announce she would not run. I expect they will tag-team on their endorsement. Levin attacks John Boehner regularly, and says he is not up to the job or this time in history.

[RoadTest]

President Pantywaist Fauntleroy’s handlers aren’t stupid enough to expose George Soros’ Charley McCarthy to logic! Never in a million years will they let him debate someone intelligent and honest, as Michele Bachmann is, at the same time. He would come off as Mortimer Snerd.

[Jukeman]

For one, I would like to move into contention as the front runner.

[katiedidit1]

Bachmann? the same woman that tried to cut our veterans benefits? that has a very poor voting record in congress? she has the 11th WORST record on MISSED votes. Not doing her job? attacking all the candidates but Romney? Why I would NEVER support Bachmann. She tried to screw our veterans.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/01/28/141412/bachmann-veterans/

In her tea party-fueled quest to cut government spending and social programs, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has unveiled a plan to cut $400 billion in federal spending that includes freezing the Veterans Affairs Department’s health care spending and cuts veterans’ disability benefits. The Air Force Times reports her plan would slice $4.5 billion from the VA, including reducing 150,000 veterans’ disability compensation and the amount they receive in Social Security Disability Income.A host of veterans groups slammed Bachmann’s plan:

–Veterans of Foreign War national commander Richard L. Eubank said, “The only discussion the VFW wants is to tell the congresswoman that her plan is totally out of step with America’s commitment to our troops.

Bachmann has House’s 11th WORST record for missed votes...she is not fulfilling her duties to her constituents
Of 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, only ten have missed more votes this session than Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, according to the Washington Post’s tally. Bachmann has missed 105 votes, or 13.6 percent of all votes. Fellow Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen had the state’s best record, missing only six votes in the 111th Congress, just one less than Rep. Tim Walz missed.
While California Democrat Rep. Hilda Solis had the highest rate of missed votes — she missed 59 of 78 possibles votes — the number of missed votes by party is roughly the same: Democrats missed 3.5 percent of votes, while Republicans missed 3.3 percent.
Another Minnesotan high on the list: At number 23, Rep. Keith Ellison missed ten percent of the votes, casting 695 and missing 78. Here’s how others in Minnesota’s delegation fared:
Rep. Betty McCollum: 16 missed (2.1 percent of all votes), 757 cast
Rep. Collin Peterson: 25 missed (1.9), 758 cast
Rep. Jon Kline: 12 missed (1.6), 761 cast
Rep. James Oberstar: 10 missed (1.3), 763 cast
Rep. Tim Walz: 7 missed (1.3), 766 cast
Rep. Erik Paulsen: 6 missed (0.8), 767 cast

Bachmann’s Farm Subsidies...more will come out on this..and NO the questions have not been fully answerd.
Bachmann has said that the farm’s founder, her father-in-law, Paul Bachmann, is the only member of the Bachmann Farm Family Limited Partnership who ever applied for farm subsidies — a statement borne out by federal documents. He last applied for federal payments in 2007, and he died in 2009.
But federal documents and courthouse entries in Alma, Wis., show that a neighbor has picked up where the patriarch left off. The Bachmann family partnership signed a lease agreement with the neighbor in April 2008, and he is actively enrolled in the same FSA aid programs.
From 1995 through 2007, the FSA paid $259,000 in commodities and disaster subsidies to the Bachmann farm. Since 2008, FSA payments to the neighbor’s expanded operations have totaled $52,921, records show.
The Bachmann for President team didn’t respond to the Star Tribune’s inquiries about the farm, but a campaign statement given to Politico last month said her share of income from the farm is wrapped up in the family partnership, which she said was formed for estate planning purposes. Bachmann, her husband, Marcus, and their five children belong to the partnership but documents don’t say how much of it they control. Marcus has two brothers, and his mother, Elma, is still alive.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/130509053.html

Not to mention she violated Reagan’s law and attacked Palin via her campaign manager; Perry, Newt and Cain’s 999 plan which she referred to as being more like 666. She also mentioned Trump as a potential vice president.
However, MORE than anything..I won’t forgive her for trying to take our disabled veteran’s benefits away ...she can go to Hades.

[TheConservativeParty]

http://www.michelebachmann.com/

[BfloGuy]

Wow! These comments are interesting.

Bachmann supporters have been pretty quiet these last couple months till today. It will be fascinating to see where the Cain supporters fall (I'm one -- it'll be fascinating to me to see where I end up -- probably not with Bachmann, though).

I suspect every candidate will get another look. Santorum certainly deserves some scrutiny and even Huntsman's plank is worth looking at. I do not think that everyone will rush to the Newtster.

The whole thing is exhausting, though. No one's even cast a ballot yet and I feel like this election's already gone on for years.

[BagCamAddict]

Here’s another poll on the GOP race that just got started, so the numbers are very skewed right now. Everyone can forward it around to anyone planning on voting in the Republican GOP primary or caucus, in an attempt to get a larger and more representative voting base:

http://micropoll.com/t/LEzBOZFlnc