With Pennsylvania Democrats confirming Chris Matthews is contemplating a Senate run against Republican Sen. Arlen Specter in 2010, The Hill wonders if the “Hardball” host will face what I’m calling the Franken Factor: intense scrutiny of public utterances made…
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s 180-degree turn on Barack Obama has made her a New York Times cover girl today, the lead example in a front-page story on Republicans whose opinions of Obama have undergone drastic makeovers in the five days since his landslide victory in the presidential election. But hers wasn’t an immediate conversion, or even overnight as the Times has it. The political calculation required to move from worries about Obama’s “anti-American views” to his gladness over his African-American background took a little more time, even for a woman who also promised him a kiss.
It’s been almost two weeks since Michele Bachmann dropped the “anti-American” bomb that has become the most widely aired gaffe in any US congressional campaign this year, and her campaign’s handling of the matter looks a lot like one protracted act of political malpractice.
Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg leads U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) 47 percent to 44 percent in a new poll of 621 likely voters in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District that Survey USA conducted Oct. 21–22 for KSTP-TV. The poll shows that 6 percent…
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s recent Hardball blow-up has undoubtedly endangered her re-election prospects. But what do constituents in the 6th Congressional District think of Bachmann’s latest episode of foot-in-mouth disease? On Tuesday afternoon Chris Steller and I ventured into the northern suburbs to speak with voters about the controversy and their feelings regarding Bachmann. The responses were diverse, from a man who calls Bachmann a “nutcase” to a woman who shares Bachmann’s concerns about Barack Obama to a man who no longer votes because he feels all politicians are crooks.
Rep. Michele Bachmann continues to take heat for her comments to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews suggesting an investigation of Congress for “pro-America or anti-America” views, and her statement that Barack Obama “may hold anti-America views.” Local and national media are questioning Bachmann’s statements. The more they ask, the farther Bachmann runs from her own comments, prompting some members of the media to call her backpedaling “false” and “lies.”
Minnesota’s entire Democratic Congressional delegation, Republican and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman…
Rep. Michele Bachmann spoke with Fox 9 News on Monday morning in an attempt to clarify her statements calling for a media investigation into ‘anti-America’ views of members of Congress. She said that MSNBC’s Chris Matthews brought up the…
The DCCC announced Monday that they will drop $1 million into ad buys targeting Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional district. The buy was motivated by the intense scrutiny over Bachmann’s remarks on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris…
In full-on damage control mode, Michele Bachmann sat down with WCCO’s Esme Murphy Sunday for an interview about the media firestorm occasioned by her claim on Hardball Friday that Barack…
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