There was also a time when 1 term senators/community organizers didn’t get elected either... stranger things have happened.
He was still a Senator. Its not a shot at Bachman, but Congressmen dont become President. How did Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, and Tom Tancredo do in primaries in 08? Paul had 35 delegates and Hunter had 1, out of over 2,000. Kucinich and Tancredo received none.
They were all true believers with a loyal, but small base.