>>This is why congresscritters with zero executive experience get crunched in these races. <<
I guess you forgot all about the last Presidential election.
Umm.. What’s your point? Where did I say she couldn’t win? Exactly the reason why Bachmann doesn’t belong in the White House. Orators are not Presidents.
“Leading” isn’t just going on Fox News and touting your opposition to whatever legislation is going on. It’s about going out and gathering followers to your position.
I’ve been extremely unimpressed with her election strategy. Her entire campaign has been based on Iowa, buying the straw poll and hoping that momentum is enough to carry her to the caucus, and then the caucus momentum into the next state.
This strategy rarely works successfully. Florida is where the real battleground begins, and the momentum of the South Carolina primary is what you want going into that. The momentum from winning South Carolina carries much more weight into the Florida Primary and into Super Tuesday. Perry knows this and was smart enough to announce down there.
Bachmann is toast. It’s why she’s trading at 6.5% on Intrade right now while Perry is 40%.