(VIDEO) Bachmann: GOP doesn’t need to nominate a moderate for president
Bachmann fell to 6 percent support in a CNN poll of all declared GOP candidates released Monday.
Bachmann fell to 6 percent support in a CNN poll of all declared GOP candidates released Monday.
State Rep. John Kriesel (R-Cottage Grove) condemned the incident, saying, “If someone is brave enough to risk their life and serve their country in a time of war, let them serve. Who cares if they are gay?”
The ad repeats Bachmann’s assertion that there was concern over HPV vaccine “safety.”
Bachmann said she hadn’t misrepresented herself as a doctor or scientist.
Colbert said he hopes Pawlenty’s new position as national co-chair of Romney’s campaign doesn’t interfere with Pawlenty’s other job as “assistant manager of the Route 23 Kinkos.”

“I thought about shooting sparks out my butt,” Tim Pawlenty said when questioned by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert as to what “entertainment component” the campaign could have brought, then admitted the phrase wouldn’t have been one he would have used while still a candidate.
If she wins the general election, Baldwin would be the first openly gay senator in U.S. history.
Inspired by the numerous videos that have already been created as a part of the anti-suicide and anti-bullying public awareness campaign “It Gets Better,” federal government employees from the National Parks Service, U.S. Geological Survey and other agencies have launched their own.
Keep Conservatives United, a Super PAC supporting GOP presidential contender Michele Bachmann, released an ad this week attacking one of Bachmann’s main competitors for the Republican nomination, Rick Perry. The ad claims Perry engaged in record borrowing as governor of Texas.
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) appeared on a trio of cable news programs in recent days to commend progress made by Libyan rebels in their fight against leader Muammar Qaddafi.