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Since Colin Powell mentioned Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s remarks questioning whether Obama had anti-American views as a reason forendorsing Obama and since Bachmann is from my neck of the ...

Iowa caucuses: Adulterer, fantasist, gun-nut, gay-hater - meet the Republicans vying to be President ...

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In one election cycle Michele Bachmann went from running a presidential campaign to nearly being ejected from the House of Representatives. Though Bachmann had a massive fund-raising advantage ...

Bachmann, a conservative Republican, worked for Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign. Has said that she switched parties while reading Gore Vidal’s novel, “Burr.” Bachmann and her ...

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Just a week ago, Michele Bachmann told Good Morning America, “I like Sarah Palin a lot, we’re friends.” But today, in a radio interview, Bachmann’s new campaign manager, Ed Rollins ...