[Jim Scott]

I agree with those Freepers who contend that the Bachmann candidacy is an attempt by the Republican party hierarchy to use the ambitious congresswoman as a way to derail a possible run for the GOP presidential nomination by Sarah Palin. For all the giddy 'Palin/Bachmann' talk, two females are not going to be at the top of the 2012 Republican presidential ticket. It would be hard enough to get one female elected president (preferably Palin) but two is simply not realistic. That Bachmann hired Ed Rollins, a longtime GOP insider, is telling. Rollins immediate bashing of Sarah Palin pretty much exposes the plan to use a Bachmann candidacy to block Palin. I liked Michelle Bachmann. Now, she is relegated to the 'scratched' column. Too bad.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I agree. Two women is fantasy land — and Michele Bachmann knows it too.