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Meet the New Sarah Palin

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 8, 2009 8:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – With Sarah Palin gone, Democrats have penciled a new name atop their hitlist: Michelle Bachmann, the far-right Minnesota rep. who once called Barack Obama “anti-American.” Like Palin, Bachmann’s a fierce social conservative with a large family and an upper Midwestern accent. And, of course, she drives Democrats crazy. “She is further right than Attila the Hun,” says one Democratic strategist. A party official calls her, “just an utter embarrassment.”

After nearly unseating Bachmann in 2008, Democrats are redoubling their efforts for 2010, calling in heavy-hitter Tarryl Clark—a popular state senator who’s been mentioned as a gubernatorial candidate—to oppose her. “They'd like to think they can beat her,” says a GOP strategist. But the district leans right, going solidly red in the last three presidential races. “I don’t think they can do it.”

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Rep.-elect Michele Bachmann thanks her supporters at Republican headquarters in Bloomington, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid, File)

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., gestures as she speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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She is a bizarre news story of the month every month. - Brian Melendez, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

Michele Bachmann is just nuts. She is just an utter embarrassment - Jeremy Powers, local DFL chair in Bachmann's district

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ArtfullyViscious

Aug 11, 2009 5:14 AM CDT

Hey Pauly.... Stop acting so stereotypical and we'll stop singing the same song!

youngblood

Aug 10, 2009 11:33 AM CDT

Hey Silence Dogood your party LOST get over it!

SilenceDogood

Aug 10, 2009 9:41 AM CDT

You know Dude, maybe your right, Bush may not have been our finest President. On the other hand he did not chase an aide around in the oval office to play with his cigar. He was not plagued with countless allegations of corruption, whitewater, Flowers, 32 deaths and so many more it’s ridiculous. Our current Pres is demonstrating a politician’s typical memory loss in fulfilling his promises on the campaign trail, and you seem fine with it. Wake up and smell the deception Dude. Your comments regarding the NRA are also hateful, pointless and I wonder why I’m responding to your moronic post.

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