Think Tank Taps Bachmann as 'Miss November'

Despite Fox interview that muddied the issue

(NEWSER) - Michele Bachmann will indeed seek a fourth term in the House, she tells the AP today—though she also gave an interview on Fox News that confused the issue slightly. Asked if she'd be running on Fox today, Bachmann seemed caught off guard, according to the Hill . "I, very—yes," she said. "I believe I'll be looking at that." But in the AP interview she was much more confident. "I'm looking forward to coming back and bringing a strong, powerful voice to Washington, DC," she said. More»

Says she just doesn't get why liberals don't like her

(NEWSER) - Michele Bachmann gave an interview to MinnPost in which she rails against the usual subjects with the usual hyperbole, but her response when asked why liberals hate her is memorable: "I don't know. I'm a lovable little fuzz ball! I have no idea what they would have to fear. I guess you would have to ask them; they would have the better answer to your question. I don't fear the left, and maybe that's part of the loathing that they feel toward me." More»

Protesters will roam Capitol hallways to confront lawmakers

(NEWSER) - Thousands of health care reform protesters gathered in Washington today as part of Michele Bachmann’s “Super Bowl of Freedom.” Participants wielding signs like “Waterboard Congress” and chanting "kill the bill" congregated outside the Capitol to hear Bachmann, other GOP lawmakers, and even Jon Voight assail the reform legislation as too costly and too partisan. “Are they going to listen?” Bachmann asked the crowd. “Oh, yeah, they’re going to listen.” More»

Rep's star rising on sheer controversy

(NEWSER) - Michele Bachmann thinks the administration is trying to eliminate the dollar. She’s refusing to fill out her census form, which, she notes, has been used to populate internment camps. And she’s suggested that Democrat-proposed privacy rules for school clinics could lead to abortion referrals for young girls. To Democrats, they're examples of the "reckless lies" she traffics in, but they're catnip to supporters, who see her cable-ready quips as her ticket to higher office. More»

(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.” More»