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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...
Is Michele Bachmann Getting Desperate?
She won the Iowa Straw Poll just two months ago, but since then, Michele Bachmann has plummeted in the polls, and it’s beginning to look like Ames was her apex...
Sliding in the Polls, Bachmann Pushes Ahead with Her Red Meat Campaign in Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa Michele Bachmann is ambling through the aisles of a cramped meat locker in an industrial section of Des Moines. Massive sides of beef, weighing...
Michele Bachmann's Hair: Supported by Both Red and Blue States
Liberal women may not agree with her politics, but they agree with her hairstyle. In fact, overly photogenic Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachann has a hairdo...
Tonight’s Debate: Bachmann’s Last Chance to Break Out?
Let’s take bets. How long will Michele Bachmann wait before making her voice heard during Monday night’s CNN/Tea Party Express debate? In the Sept. 7 debate,...
Vaccination Causes 'Mental Retardation'? Fact-Checking Michele Bachmann's Claim
Monday night's Republican primary debate saw candidate Michele Bachmann on the attack, especially against Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Bachmann criticized Perry for...
Michele Bachmann’s “Starring” Movie Role
Before the Sarah Palin bio-pic The Undefeated, conservative group Citizens United–yes, the same one–produced a film called Fire From the Heartland, a mixture of...
President Bachmann
Quote of the Day: “I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you...
Five Reasons Bachmann’s Gender Really Matters
It seems every week there is a story about Michele Bachmann that leads to a battle over whether said story was sexist. Her migraines. The money she spends on...
Understanding Michele Bachmann’s “Submission”
“Submission” is not a word common to presidential politics. But in last week’s presidential debate, it became a hot topic because of Minnesota Rep. Michele...
Michele Bachmann’s Reading List
For politicians, naming a favorite book is often a chance to borrow some clout. But it can also put them in the sticky spot of having to defend ideas they’d...
