"I'm an advocate against the issues people care about."

[pamela]

That's a direct quote from Michelle Bachmann, just now, in an interview with Candy Crowley. Truer words were never spoken.

[mindem]

1. The idea that this creature is from Minnesota

never fails to embarrass me. Even my republican sister can't stand her. You really need to wonder about Iowans.

[The Blue Flower]

2. Them was some mighty good corn dogs!

nt

[DCKit]

4. Those farm-boys watched her deep-throat that corn dog, and they lost their minds.

They'll come back to reality.... eventually.

[Renew Deal]

3. Sounds about right.

[pamela]

5. The funny thing is...she says that a lot.

She said something very similar in the debate the other night. I wish someone would call her on it, or at the least, say, "huh?" Repubs amaze me. They flat out tell people what they are...it's like that rattlesnake story.

[DCKit]

7. Or the fable about the scorpion and the frog.

"Igor! Why do you torment the monster so?" "It's what I do, master."

Their heads are broken.

[ProSense]

6. "Remember, when Michele Bachman says things like this, she’s not kidding."

Steve Benen: Bachmann points to far-reaching appeal

Remember, when Michele Bachman says things like this, she’s not kidding.

The morning after her win in the Ames straw poll, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) argued that she could appeal to independent and Democratic leaning voters in a general election and dismissed the challenge from new contender Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

“We had people here yesterday who are independents and Democrats,” Bachmann said on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday.

Bachmann stressed that her home state, Minnesota, was “not a conservative state” and that her own district was a “swing district” that voted to elect then-Gov. Jesse Ventura. “I’ve been able to attract a lot of people to vote for me,” she said.

Bachmann is, by any reasonable measure, one of the most deranged presidential contenders in generations, but she’s at least aware of the perceptions about her. If Bachmann is going to remain a top-tier candidate for the presidency — a sentence I’m barely even comfortable typing — she’s going to have to convince a lot of Republicans that she can win a national election and appeal to voters outside the GOP’s radical base.

But there’s just one problem with this: the very idea is preposterous. Bachmann is stark raving mad, delivering red meat to extremists who savor every morsel, but the notion that her appeal is broad enough to include significant numbers outside Republican activists is simply comical on its face.

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