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Posts Tagged ‘Michelle Bachmann’
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by huckfunn ( 2 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Elections 2012, Headlines, Humor, Open thread, Politics at September 22nd, 2011 - 12:05 pm
Bachmann in Lead in Iowa
by Iron Fist ( 5 Comments › )Filed under Headlines at July 12th, 2011 - 7:22 am
This is good news:
A new poll of Iowa Republicans released Sunday night suggested that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) enjoys momentum in the race to win the state’s caucuses.
Twenty-five percent of likely Republican caucus-goers said they would support Bachmann, the Tea Party favorite, as the GOP presidential nominee, surpassing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R).
Romney and Bachmann were virtually tied — at 23-22 percent, respectively — in a mid-June edition of the Iowa Poll, published by the Des Moines Register. This new poll, conducted at the end of June for The Iowa Republican, suggests movement in favor of Bachmann, though it might not capture the immediate state of the race.
It underscores the boomlet, though, that the Minnesota congresswoman has enjoyed in Iowa since making a late entry into the field in June. She’s enjoyed particular success there, where she appears to be front-runner, since Romney is unlikely to compete in the state, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) is struggling to gain traction.
Romney not to compete in Iowa? So he is trying Rudy’s winning strategy of betting the farm on winning a few big states? Good. I despise Mittens, and will only vote for him if he is the only alternative to Obama (sort of like my vote for John McCain, come to think of it). I like Bachmann’s positions on everything, and she has the allure of being the First Woman President to compete with Obama’s melanin advantage. I don’t know that she can take the whole thing, but if she takes Iowa away from Mittens, that is a good start.
Bachmann to Replace Palin?
by Iron Fist ( 16 Comments › )Filed under Headlines at April 5th, 2011 - 9:47 am
Experienced blacksmiths know, you have to strike while the iron is hot. The same is true in politics, in that an oppertunity rarely comes along twice. Thus it is with the seeming off-again, on-again candidacy of Sarah Palin. Will she run? That question is increasingly less meaningful. Another strong Republican woman is vying for the Presidency:
The vacuum created by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) absence from the 2012 campaign trail presents a major opportunity for the woman she once hinted might share a presidential ticket with her: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.).
With strategists and conservative activists increasingly convinced that Palin won’t make a run for the White House next year, she is losing some clout among her contingent of grassroots devotees who are eager to hit the 2012 campaign trail and rally behind an alternative to President Obama.
Bachmann, who is mulling a 2012 run, is the most obvious choice to supplant Palin in next year’s presidential contest. The Minnesota Republican is positioning herself to take up the anti-establishment mantle that vaulted Palin to Tea Party stardom.
And polls reflect Bachmann’s growing cachet. The three-term lawmaker came in second in last week’s Gallup poll that measured GOP voters’ level of intensity about the 2012 hopefuls. Palin was sixth. The poll also found that Palin had a higher unfavorable rating, 8 percent, than Bachmann, who had a 4 percent disapproval rate.
This came just a week after a Gallup poll found Palin has the highest level of name recognition among potential Republican presidential contenders, with 92 percent. Bachmann was sixth with 52 percent.
That isn’t bad name recognition as a place to start. If Sarah won’t run, perhaps it is time to look to a credible successor. One with impeccable credentials and less baggage. The Elites of both Parties will still hate her, but they haven’t spent the last two years demonizing her. The time to strike is when the Oppertunity presents itself. It seems that Michelle Bachmann knows this axiom.
