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Michele Bachmann Says She Might Seek Presidency in 2016
RCP ^ | 07/23/2014 | Scott Conroy

Posted on 07/23/2014 12:28:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Though set to retire from the U.S. House after her term expires at the end of this year, Michele Bachmann may not be done with electoral politics.

The Minnesota congresswoman and 2012 Republican presidential candidate told RealClearPolitics on Tuesday that she is considering a second White House run.

Bachmann made the revelation during an interview, in which she was asked for her view on whether any Republican women might seek the Oval Office in 2016.

“The only thing that the media has speculated on is that it’s going to be various men that are running,” she replied. “They haven’t speculated, for instance, that I’m going to run. What if I decide to run? And there’s a chance I could run.”

Bachmann entered the last presidential race in June 2011 as a long-shot contender but was able to use her sway with elements of the Tea Party and an effective media campaign to rise temporarily toward the front of the Republican pack in a deeply fluid race.

The high point of her candidacy came in August 2011 when she won the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa.

But Bachmann’s campaign soon withered amid a string of gaffes and controversial claims, staff defections, and a rise in the fortunes of other candidates in the race.

She ended up finishing in sixth place in the Iowa caucuses less than five months after her Ames triumph, earning just 5 percent of the vote and dropping out the next day.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016gopprimary; bachman2016; michelebachmann; nooooooooo; potus; presidency; toolate
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To: SeekAndFind

Ted, ‘the man’, Cruz!


101 posted on 07/23/2014 9:11:51 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ted, ‘the man’, Cruz!


102 posted on 07/23/2014 9:22:45 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: krunkygirl

Doulble post? I blame my cell...lol


103 posted on 07/23/2014 9:24:38 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Her voice is too high, and she piled onto Romney—along with Gingrich and others—for “vulture capitalism,” which I thought was opportunistic and vicious.


104 posted on 07/23/2014 10:24:57 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: ansel12

RE: How strange about how you use that little made up list as though it has meaning.

Well if it does not have meaning, then obviously our discussion is MOOT.

But I presented that list in the beginning to compare Bachmann with the rest of the people being touted 2016 candidates to show that between her and those people on the list, SHE’s BETTER.

At this point everything we’re discussing is hypothetical anyway, so there’s nothing strange about it.

RE: Too bad conservatives don’t feel about Bachmann play running for President like you do.

You seem to think you can speak for conservatives. You might want to comb through this particular thread to see several posters who DO support her.


105 posted on 07/24/2014 6:23:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

You seem to forget that we are already looking back on the almost 60 year old woman’s political career, we have already witnessed the conservatives dropping her.

There is no presidency in her future.


106 posted on 07/24/2014 9:08:41 AM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: ansel12

RE: You seem to forget that we are already looking back on the almost 60 year old woman’s political career, we have already witnessed the conservatives dropping her.

Sixty is not OLD by today’s standards. And again, the comparison is with the list I gave you. You’ll first have to show me that she is old, unhealthy and feeble.

RE: There is no presidency in her future.

Not if she’s running against the list I presented.


107 posted on 07/24/2014 9:10:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind
If she were an option in 2016, it will depend on who her opponents in the primaries are.

I very much doubt she'll be a factor in 2016, but if she is and RINOs are our only alternative, I'm in.

108 posted on 07/24/2014 3:03:51 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

That’s pretty much what I have been arguing the past n threads. :)


109 posted on 07/24/2014 3:06:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think where we disagree is Bachmann’s chances. I believe she has little chance of getting nominated after gaffing herself out of 2012.


110 posted on 07/24/2014 7:39:44 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

My argument is not about her chances, my argument is about her ability to lead and her qualifications to be President based on her principles and record.

In a hypothetical matchup with say, Jeb Bush, Romney (who is rumored to be interested in running again ), Chris Christie, or Rand Paul, I’d personally choose her over the lot.

Of course if Ted Cruz or Sarah Palin were to throw their hat in the ring, I’d take either of them over Bachmann.


111 posted on 07/24/2014 7:48:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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