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Bachmann to attend Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom rally

By Andy Birkey | 09.21.11 | 2:54 pm

The Faith and Freedom coalition is the brainchild of former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed—the group has a Minnesota arm.

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Bachmann in Florida: Earthquake, Hurricane Irene were messages from God

By Andy Birkey | 08.29.11 | 11:51 am

At a campaign stop in Sarasota, Fla., over the weekend, Bachmann said that God sent last week’s 5.8 earthquake in Virginia and the weekend’s Hurricane Irene, which killed 28 people on the East Coast. She said it was a…

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: Gage Skidmore, Flickr

Bachmann to address Florida’s CPAC in September

By Ashley Lopez | 07.29.11 | 1:00 pm

Presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to speak at CPAC Florida in September. The American Conservative Union event — its first regional Conservative Political Action Conference — will be held in Orlando.

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Bachmann continues to hint at possible run in 2012

By Andy Birkey | 03.07.11 | 8:31 am

In Florida on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Palm Beach Post that she’s been traveling the country to gauge national support if she decides to run for president and that she’s gotten a “fantastic reception” from activists in Iowa and South Carolina. Political prognosticators have also started to pay attention to Bachmann as a potential contender for the 2012 Republican nomination.

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: WDCpix

Bachmann headed to Jupiter for tea party meeting

By Andy Birkey | 02.25.11 | 12:49 pm

The Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., will be host to Rep. Michele Bachmann on March 4 as she meets with local tea party groups, Florida media outlets are reporting. The trip to Florida is among many that the possible presidential contender has planned for the spring, including trips to New Hampshire, Iowa and New Orleans. Bachmann has just come off trips to Iowa, Montana and South Carolina.

Tim Pawlenty. Photo: Marc Nozell, Flickr

Pawlenty headed to Florida, Bachmann plans visit to New Hampshire

By Andy Birkey | 02.14.11 | 11:39 am

Minnesota’s two potential presidential contenders continue with plans to travel the nation. At CPAC, Rep. Michele Bachmann said she’s planning a trip to New Hampshire, while former Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced an upcoming trip to Florida. Both have been touring the country — Pawlenty hawking his new book and Bachmann assisting Republican candidates and party units with fundraising.

Bachmann headed to Tampa

By Andy Birkey | 03.02.10 | 8:12 am

bachmanngodamericaRep. Michele Bachmann will be heading to the Tampa Bay, Fla., area at the end of the month to campaign for Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis. Bilirakis is facing a primary challenge from Arthur Richardson III and, as…

Bemidji Pioneer warns Coleman on ‘incessant appeals,’ Wall Street Journal says ‘keep fighting’

By Chris Steller | 04.20.09 | 12:12 pm

pioneer-wsj-logo-collageYou’ve heard of carbon offsets; newspapers seem to be doing something similar with offsetting editorials for and against Norm Coleman’s legal appeals to reclaim his old U.S. Senate seat. Over the weekend it was the Wall Street

Video: Sarah Silverman calls for a ‘great schlep’ to Florida for Obama

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.29.08 | 10:14 am

Jewish people are the “most liberal, scrappy civil-rightsy people there are,” says comedian Sarah Silverman, but if John McCain wins the presidency, that’s who she’ll be blaming. Specifically, she’ll blame Jewish Floridians like her grandparents. In a new (colorfully…

Paulson to Bachmann (R-Fla.?!): ‘Economic Armageddon’ possible with or without bailout

By Chris Steller | 09.25.08 | 12:32 pm

The media keeps getting Rep. Michele Bachmann’s home state wrong. Last week it was New Mexico and today it’s Florida — this time courtesy of Human Events, which reports that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson couldn’t assure Bachmann that his bailout plan would avert (in her words) “economic Armageddon.”