The big eye-opener for me, was when Bachmann's campaign manager viciously attacked Sarah Palin on television. Not only did she not apologize to Sarah, she didn't force her campaign manager to retract his statements, either.
I took that as a sure sign of cowardice and betrayal on her part. Sarah had been one of Michele's staunchest supporters prior to that. She was the last person to deserve such an unwarranted attack from Bachmann's camp.
Another surprise. Bachmann was one of those Republicans who voted against cutting off funds to the agency spying on USA civilians.