According to ABC News, Rep. Michele Bachmann is mulling a run for president in 2012 and will start meeting with Iowa power brokers to determine the efficacy of such a move this month. Her aides would neither confirm nor deny that she had plans on the high office, and her spokesman did not rule out a Bachmann bid for president.
In two separate statements this weekend, Rep. Michele Bachmann left the door open on whether she would seek higher office in 2012. The Hill reported Sunday that Bachmann hasn’t said for certain whether she wants to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar, but has the resources and party backing to make the challenge. Republican blogger Ryan Lyk, noting Bachmann’s large amount of spending in Iowa, spoke with Bachmann’s chief of staff, who said she “hasn’t ruled anything out” anything — including a run for president.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty only garnered 19 percent of Minnesota GOP primary voters in a poll comparing contenders for president in 2012. While Pawlenty had the best showing of all candidates in the Public Policy Polling survey released on Thursday, he only led Sarah Palin by one point. The poll’s authors said that Pawlenty’s lackluster showing in his home state might be behind Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer’s underperformance during a GOP wave.
Rep. Michele Bachmann is listed on the Values Voter Summit’s 2012 presidential straw poll along with 16 other potential candidates, including Gov. Tim Pawlenty. When asked, Bachmann hasn’t said she’s running for president; she simply says she’s focused…
In Iowa this weekend for the start of what the New York Times called the “Pawlenty road show,” Gov. Tim Pawlenty shrugged off questions about a presidential run with a wink and gathered jeers and accolades from the punditry. From…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty ditched his mild-mannered mullet hairstyle for the Republican veepstakes over the summer. But now he has grown it back, giving 2012 presidential handicappers something to watch. Is he trying to show he’s a Mesabi Maverick?…
It’s not a matter of hard work and luck for Hillary Clinton anymore. It’s merely a matter of time, numbers, and perspective.
Numbers, because there is mathematically no way for her to win the nomination barring some…
Update: MSNBC is reporting that Edwards is quitting the race, with a formal announcement scheduled for noon CST today.
Before a crowd of more than a thousand supporters who braved plummeting temperatures to hear him speak, former Sen. John…
If you’ve been looking for a chance to call me crazy, here it is:
I’m starting to take Tim Pawlenty at his word when he says he doesn’t want to be a vice presidential candidate.
Has…
What are voters in New Hampshire thinking?
It’s a tough question for most of us in Minnesota to answer, since we’re approximately 1,400 miles away from the Granite State. Plenty of national media are on the ground there, so we…
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