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Outrage grows over Bachmann’s comments; groups say HPV vaccine is safe

By Andy Birkey | 09.14.11 | 6:01 am

Everyone from Rush Limbaugh to pediatricians criticized Bachmann’s continued assertions that the vaccine could be linked to autism.

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: Photo: Gage Skidmore

After social media campaign, Bachmann listed in TIME 100

By Andy Birkey | 04.21.11 | 1:41 pm

After campaigning over the last month on social media, Rep. Michele Bachmann secured enough votes from followers to be included in TIME magazine’s list of the top 100 most influential people of 2011. Controversial conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh wrote the profile on Bachmann for the magazine, and Bachmann is the only 2012 hopeful to make the list.

Bachmann inspires seed art homages

By Paul Demko | 08.29.09 | 10:50 am

President Obama isn’t the only politician to be featured in this year’s seed art competition at the Minnesota State Fair. U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann inspired two different crop tributes — although the works aren’t exactly flattering.

Franken: My Tuesday swearing-in will feature Biden, Mondale, Klobuchar

By Chris Steller | 07.02.09 | 6:58 pm

Vice President Joe Biden has been booked for Al Franken’s swearing-in as a U.S. Senator, and Franken says he will be accompanied at the ceremony by former Vice President Walter Mondale and Sen. Amy Klobuchar. It “looks like” it will…

Post-Senate, is Coleman lurching to the right?

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.04.09 | 11:18 am

Norm ColemanNorm Coleman is giving the keynote speech at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, which began in St. Louis today. The two-day conference features such hard-right…

T-Paw loses spot on GOP ‘influencers’ list, but caption contest has a winner

By Chris Steller | 05.08.09 | 1:31 pm

Gov. Tim Pawlenty is no longer swimming at the deep end with the Republican Party’s top 10 ‘influencers,” says The Fix. But he had another visit from the person in the fish suit during his radio show today —…

On MSNBC, T-Paw won’t rush in where others fear to tread: critiquing Limbaugh

By Chris Steller | 03.05.09 | 9:52 am

tpaw-maddowGov. Tim Pawlenty moved from one media platform to the next yesterday, topping off three hours as guest host on a local Christian talk radio station with six minutes on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.” Pawlenty stepped gingerly…

Dems offer online form letter with drop-down apologies to Limbaugh

By Chris Steller | 03.04.09 | 11:23 am

rush-letter1Democrats have invented an online tool that generates apology letters to Rush Limbaugh with a series of drop-down menus for filling in the blanks.

Franken called it: Limbaugh is GOP’s ‘national precinct chairman’

By Chris Steller | 03.03.09 | 4:51 pm

rush-limbaugh-idiotThe morning after Rush Limbaugh repeated his “I hope Obama fails” during the keynote to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told TV’s “sabbath gasbags” (Calvin Trillin’s term) that…

Pawlenty outpolls Charlie Crist (but no one else) at CPAC

By Paul Demko | 02.28.09 | 4:32 pm

2737477922_2b98284beeGov. Tim Pawlenty probably wishes he hadn’t been included in the presidential straw poll at the just-concluded Conservative Political Action Conference. Pawlenty was the top choice of just 2 percent…