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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann's swift rise and bruising fall tracked the fortunes of the Tea Party movement she helped inspire. The Minnesota Republican, who announced May 29...
Michele Bachmann’s Political Swan Song
The move comes a tangle of federal investigations into alleged misuses of campaign finances and a looming re-election fight against a tough opponent.
Rep. Bachmann Says She Won’t Run for Re-election
(WASHINGTON) — Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann says she will not run for another term in the U.S. House. The tea party favorite, who ran for the...
Why Did Michele Bachmann Flip-Flop on Being a Swiss Citizen?
What a difference two days make, especially in the tumultuous life of Republican Congresswoman and former Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. On Wednesday,...
Can an Upstart Occupy-Supporter Compete with Michele Bachmann?
Anne Nolan formally announced her bid for Minnesota’s 6th-district House seat on March 9. The following Monday, she was still her own campaign manager and press...
How Michele Bachmann’s Faith—and Gender—May Have Cost Her a Shot at the Nomination
After finishing second-to-last in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses, Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday morning that she will suspend her race for the White House. Five...
4 Days Till Iowa: Bye-Bye Bachmann
Sometimes politics can be very cruel. Michele Bachmann is in the midst of the most embarrassing last week in Iowa that I’ve ever seen a candidate experience. Her...
“Sadly, the values I most appreciated in Congresswoman Bachmann appear to have gone out the window in a last-minute effort to salvage what’s left of her campaign.”
—Iowa State Sen. Kent Sorenson, responding to Michele Bachmann’s suggestion that his decision to leave his post as her Iowa campaign chair and endorse Ron Paul...
New Hampshire Staff Exodus Augurs End Times for Bachmann Campaign
Michele Bachmann’s campaign staff in New Hampshire has quit en masse, frustrated by the Minnesota Congressman’s inattention to the state. The exodus, first...
Marcus Bachmann Calls to Collect
When Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign was at its zenith over the summer, the gay rights group Truth Wins Out sent an undercover operative into the...
Articles from Around the Web
Republican aims for Bachmann seat
Rhonda Sivarajah, the Anoka County board chair, will run against former state Rep. Tom Emmer. ...
Michele Bachmann:' I'm not going away'
In her first televised interview since announcing her plans to retire at the end of this term, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) promised that she would continue to be a presence...
Shorthand
* Michele Bachmann wo not go quietly * John Dingell will go down in history * Obama wo not go tapping people's phones * Cory Booker will go...
Congress Needs More Flinty, Diligent Old Veterans Like John Dingell
The longest-serving member ever is -- with colleagues like Bob Dole and Alan Simpson -- the antidote to Darrell Issa and Michele Bachmann. ...
