Michele Bachmann to run for POTUS ?

[Exotix]

Will Tea Party's Bachmann run for White House?

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Exclusive: President Michele Bachmann? Minnesota Tea Party Favorite Weighing Presidential Bid in 2012 - ABC News


Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann isn't saying whether she'll run for president in 2012, but a spokesman for the Minnesota Republican indicates "nothing is off the table."


ABC News first reported today that Bachmann, who founded the Tea Party caucus in Congress, is considering a White House campaign. She will travel to Iowa, home of the nation's first presidential caucus, on Jan. 21 to keynote a fundraiser for the Iowans for Tax Relief political action committee.

Bachmann spokesman Doug Satchelben told MinnPost, a Minnesota politics blog, that "nothing is off the table."

Bachmann, responding to a question from Politico, turned the attention to making sure Republicans find someone who can defeat President Obama.

"What people are asking for is a bold, strong, constitutional conservative, and I think we're going to find out who that person is. But the main focus right now needs to be on the fact that we cannot afford a second term for Barack Obama."

Earlier today, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida -- another Tea Party favorite -- brushed off questions about a presidential bid next year.

[Y2Kvert4me]

Originally Posted by Exotix

"What people are asking for is a bold, strong, constitutional conservative, and I think we're going to find out who that person is. But the main focus right now needs to be on the fact that we cannot afford a second term for Barack Obama."

Ain't that the damn truth!

[Z06PDQ]

her & Sarah Barracuda will be unstoppable......right up until they run headlong into Katie Couric & Charles Gibson.

[Exotix]

Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me

Ain't that the damn truth!

When you get a chance ... watch the entire Value Voters Summit ... even I was a little taken-a-back to see Huckabee & Romney jump on the *Bash Obama as vile as you possibly can* Tea Bag bandwagon and call it your POTUS 2012 platform and actually believe it's the winning platform ...


Good Luck in 2012 ...

[JustinStrife]

Originally Posted by Exotix

When you get a chance ... watch the entire Value Voters Summit ... even I was a little taken-a-back to see Huckabee & Romney jump on the *Bash Obama as vile as you possibly can* Tea Bag bandwagon and call it your POTUS 2012 platform and actually believe it's the winning platform ...


Good Luck in 2012 ...

Bashing Bush in 2006 and 2008 seemed to be the winning platform for Democrats until the clock struck 12, 2010. Funny how the pendulum has swung back the other way now.

[Exotix]

Originally Posted by JustinStrife

Bashing Bush in 2006 and 2008 seemed to be the winning platform for Democrats until the clock struck 12, 2010. Funny how the pendulum has swung back the other way now.

Right now we're gearing up to watching the (R)'s and Tea Baggers take each other out ... you must've missed Bohner babbling his way through that one today ...

Reich-wing circular firing squad Bizzarro like you haven't seen is already in full swing ...

Again, good luck in 2012 ...

[ChasC5]

Originally Posted by Exotix

Will Tea Party's Bachmann run for White House?

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Will Tea Party's Bachmann run for White House? - On Politics: Covering the US Congress, Governors, and the 2010 Election - USATODAY.com

Exclusive: President Michele Bachmann? Minnesota Tea Party Favorite Weighing Presidential Bid in 2012 - ABC News


Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann isn't saying whether she'll run for president in 2012, but a spokesman for the Minnesota Republican indicates "nothing is off the table."


ABC News first reported today that Bachmann, who founded the Tea Party caucus in Congress, is considering a White House campaign. She will travel to Iowa, home of the nation's first presidential caucus, on Jan. 21 to keynote a fundraiser for the Iowans for Tax Relief political action committee.

Bachmann spokesman Doug Satchelben told MinnPost, a Minnesota politics blog, that "nothing is off the table."

Bachmann, responding to a question from Politico, turned the attention to making sure Republicans find someone who can defeat President Obama.

"What people are asking for is a bold, strong, constitutional conservative, and I think we're going to find out who that person is. But the main focus right now needs to be on the fact that we cannot afford a second term for Barack Obama."

Earlier today, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida -- another Tea Party favorite -- brushed off questions about a presidential bid next year.

This is what the (R) have to offer for the future ...

[Peter Pan]

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[Exotix]

... reich-wing wackadoo'ery in continuam ....





Rep. Bachmann lands post on Intelligence Committee.

Position will bolster Tea Party favorite's security credentials ahead of possible White House run


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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40946997...-capitol_hill/




The country has a new guardian for its national security secrets: Rep. Michele Bachmann.

The outspoken Minnesota Republican and Tea Party favorite has been tapped by House Speaker John Boehner for a coveted slot on the House Intelligence Committee, giving her a new role as overseer of the CIA, the National Security Agency and the rest of the U.S. intelligence community.

The move comes as Bachmann is seeking to burnish her national security credentials as she weighs a possible run for higher office.

Her spokesman, Doug Sachtleben, confirmed this week that she is planning to speak at an Iowans for Tax Relief fundraiser in Waterloo, Iowa, later this month, a move that has fueled speculation that she may be planning to carry the Tea Party banner into the GOP presidential primaries.

"She's not taking anything off the table as far as her political future," he said. .

Sachtleben said there was "no connection" between Bachmann's possible future plans and her recent request to Boehner serve on the House Intelligence Committee.



Bachmann, who until now has not served on any committee that deals with foreign policy issues, wanted to serve on the intelligence committee because "she was concerned as a mother" about the threat of terrorism and other national security issues, he said.

He did, acknowledge, however that the new position will be "helpful" in giving her "further credentials in the international area."





The selection of Bachmann to serve on the Intelligence Committee has already created a buzz among her House colleagues, especially among Democrats who noted her penchant for provocative and sometimes unsubstantiated statements on a range of issues.

Bachmann, for example, was one of a number of conservatives who fueled false claims that President Barack Obama's trip to India after the election was costing taxpayers $200 million a day.

(When challenged, Bachmann told the BBC she was only "quoting a newspaper out of India.")



In a 2007 interview, Bachmann told a St. Cloud, Minn., newspaper that she had learned of a secret plan by Iran to partition Iraq and turn a part of it into a "terrorist free safe haven zone" and asked why the news media wasn't reporting it.

The Iranians "have already decided to partition Iraq.

And half of Iraq, the western, northern portion of Iraq, is going to be called, um, the Iraq State of Islam something like that,” she was quoted as saying.

“And I'm sorry, I don’t have the official name, but it’s meant to be the training ground for the terrorists.

There's already an agreement made. … Has anyone else out here heard of the new Iraq State of Islam?

Can anyone shed some light on this new development?

How can this have gone unreported?"



It is unclear where Bachmann got her information, but no evidence has ever surfaced to support her assertion.



One House Democrat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the real issue about Bachmann is "will she able to keep quiet" about everything she gets briefed on in the committee, almost all of which will be classified information.

Sachtleben, Bachmann's spokesman, said the congresswoman has already discussed this with her staff and "she understands the terms."







Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., stands with Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, on the floor of the House on Wednesday, shortly before the latter was elected speaker.

[ChasC5]

Oh my God, Intelligence.

Come on, even the Cons have to see the humor in that!

[Exotix]

Originally Posted by ChasC5

Oh my God, Intelligence.

Come on, even the Cons have to see the humor in that!

The drama of the Tea Party & GOP has already begun ... the latest *conspiracy* is that Bohner is appeasing the Tea Party & Bachmann by putting her on the intel committee and then when she goes public with super-secret info he can get rid of her so she can run for POTUS ...


Americas right-wingers will some how have to finaggle this in their minds as the *rejuvinated* GOP ...

[ChasC5]

Originally Posted by Exotix

The drama of the Tea Party & GOP has already begun ... the latest *conspiracy* is that Bohner is appeasing the Tea Party & Bachmann by putting her on the intel committee and then when she goes public with super-secret info he can get rid of her so she can run for POTUS ...


Americas right-wingers will some how have to finaggle this in their minds as the *rejuvinated* GOP ...

I’m sure someone, anyone one on this Forum can have a rational explanation.

Go ahead … I’m listening.

Intelligence? Come on ... you Military Hawks ... you can explain it.

[Exotix]

Originally Posted by ChasC5

I’m sure someone, anyone one on this Forum can have a rational explanation.

Go ahead … I’m listening.

Intelligence? Come on ... you Military Hawks ... you can explain it.

Allen West can ...