Michele Bachmann is a heavy hitter in the GOP ranks because of one simple thing—she’s not afraid to stand for conservative principles. That may seem like a strange thing to say for someone who’s no doubt a conservative in the first place. However, the reality is the GOP is overrun with cowardly conservatives, some call them RINIOs or Me-TOO Republicans that shy away from articulating conservatism when the heat is turned up.
Not Michele, she stays in the game and fires away putting her testosterone challenged male counterparts to shame!
New York Times reports that Sarah Palin, the reigning heroine of many social conservatives, has given few signals that she will make a presidential bid. Mike Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2008 on the strength of his appeal to evangelicals and other constituencies, has mostly offered reasons for not joining the race.
So into that space has come Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota.
Best known as a fiery presence on cable television and the founder of the House Tea Party caucus, she is now exploring whether to seek the Republican presidential nomination. And early reaction to her in Iowa, where she was born and raised, suggests not only that she might do it, but also that she could have a substantial impact on the race.
On a break between meeting voters and conducting radio and television interviews — a staple of nearly every day — Ms. Bachmann took a seat in the bar of a hotel here and left no doubt that she was serious about running.
“It isn’t that I was born thinking I had to be president,” she said, leaning in and talking softer than she does on television or at Tea Party rallies. “I’m getting a lot of encouragement to run from people across the country. I don’t believe this is a rash decision.”
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There’s a reason why Michele Bachmann is the second most hated conservative woman in the country. The Left only gets ramped up when they see a legitimate threat to their power.
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