Michele Bachmann

As Republican Presidential candidates clamor for support in the all important early primary states, the previously foggy end result is beginning to be illuminated. The open contest that many expected to remain vibrant deep into the primary calendar, now is gaining more certainty as we enter fourth...

Ron Paul put on his alligator shoes, orange suit, and rings and straight-up backhanded Texas Governor Rick Perry this weekend. Recalling the fact that Rick Perry was a Democrat as recently as the Reagan era, Ron Paul's campaign released an advertisement this weekend highlighting Rick Perry's...

Michele Bachmann raised eyebrows again last weekend when she claimed that Hurricane Irene was God's way of sending a message to American politicians to listen to the American people. Although the allegation that God would kill Americans in order to get politicians to listen to those same Americans...

You really can't make this stuff up. During a visit to the "Jay Sekulow Live" radio program, Presidential candidate and noted imbecile Michele Bachmann said, and I am not kidding, that Americans are afraid of the rise of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union. THE SOVIET UNION! That would be the...

By winning the Iowa Straw Poll event, did Michele Bachmann doom her candidacy? History suggests so. The Republican Party in Iowa has been doing the Ames, Iowa Straw Poll since 1979. In the 30+ years of taking the poll, only once (George Bush, 2000) has the winner of the straw poll gone on to win...

Is Texas Governor Rick Perry going to throw his ten-gallon hat into the ring this week? All signs point to yes, including Perry's recent courting of key figures in Iowa politics. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad certainly believes Perry will enter the race, perhaps as early as this week. “I get the...

Stock prices across Asia continued to fall during trading on Monday over worries about possible defaults on sovereign debt facing the United States and the European Union. There is growing concern that President Barack Obama and the United States Congress will be unable to agree to raise the debt...

Michele Bachmann, despite her flubbing history, stealing Tom Petty songs and confusing John Wayne (American Hero) with John Wayne Gacy (Serial Killer), is one of the leading Republican candidates for President. Which, I suppose, makes you wonder: what does she need to do to be disqualified? Then...

What is it with Republican presidential candidates and scandals? Newt Blingrich can't decide how many hundreds of thousands of dollars he owed Tiffany's. Mitt Romney can't decide what he was for before he was against it. Tim Pawlenty isn't sure if the scientific evidence is enough to prove that...

If you were to listen to CNN or NBC, you'd get the impression that Republicans are falling all over themselves to nominate Mitt Romney the Robot for President. This comes as a bit of surprise to Ron Paul, who seems to win every measure of support of actual Republican voters. Take, for example, the...

Political pundits seem to pull their analysis out of thin air, filtering the candidate's performances through their own filters and expectations. The result seems to be support for bland candidates whose ideas most closely match the reporters involved. This is how we end up with nominees like old...

The B-List Republican 2012 nomination circus continues tonight, as the Presidential contenders gather to debate on CNN at 8 p.m. EST. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former...

Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump's collective fake smile grew 20% larger this weekend, as potential front-runner Mike Huckabee announced he would not seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Huckabee, a baptist minister who captured the hearts of the religious right in the 2008 election...