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Spokesman Sergio Gor and district director Julie Quist have both informed the congresswoman that they are leaving her office. Neither is departing with ill will toward Bachmann, who is considering a run for the White House in 2012. Quist is retiring from her post and said she’ll miss working for the congresswoman. Gor also had nothing but praise for the congresswoman. “I have enjoyed working for Congresswoman Bachmann tremendously, and have nothing but praise and admiration for her,” he said. But even without any fireworks, the two exits add to a long a long line of recently departed Bachmann aides,...

Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann and singer Lady Gaga both appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Thursday, the congresswoman wearing white and the Grammy Award winning artist in a condom outfit. Though Lady Gaga and Bachmann appeared on the show at different times, anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Bachmann what she thought of the “monster” pop sensation. “You know, I don’t really know that much about Lady Gaga,” Bachmann said through stifled giggles. “I hate to say it, I have a lot of children, but I don’t know that much about Lady Gaga.” Not all political figures are oblivious to Lady...

They most certainly do, huh? I mean, Chris Matthews and his dome-sized head will spend an entire show on the Minnesota congresswoman. He and his lib pals are obsessed with her. We caught up with Congresswoman Bachmann at CPAC and asked her why she drives the left crazy. Here’s her response: (video at link)

Sarah Palin may be a weak candidate in a general election in New Mexico, but she would receive significant support in the primary, according to a poll by Public Policy Polling. The survey also shows that though former Gov. Gary Johnson would be the strongest GOP candidate against President Barack Obama in New Mexico, he would be tied for fourth place in a Republican primary. Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tops the Republican field in a presidential primary in New Mexico with 20 percent of the support among Republican primary voters. She’s followed by Arkansas governor...

A Democratic official points out that Sarah Palin's latest attack on the Obama administration's budget cuts is not quite accurate. On Twitter, Palin writes "Here's how minuscule the White House's $775 million a year cuts are: less than 1/10 of 1% of this year's budget deficit," responding to an op-ed by Obama budget director Jacob Lew...

A new poll of New Hampshire voters is the latest in a string of surveys suggesting that if Sarah Palin chooses to run for president, she’ll struggle in the crucial early states. The WMUR Granite State Poll released late Monday afternoon puts Palin close to the basement, trailing not just frontrunner Mitt Romney, but even the little-known former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. More daunting: She’s viewed unfavorably by a full 50 percent of likely Republican primary voters, compared to the 33 percent who view her favorably. “If Palin wants to win here, and she’ll have to to get the nomination,...

Minnesota’s two potential presidential contenders continue with plans to travel the nation. At CPAC, Rep. Michele Bachmann said she’s planning a trip to New Hampshire, while former Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced an upcoming trip to Florida. Both have been touring the country — Pawlenty hawking his new book and Bachmann assisting Republican candidates and party units with fundraising. According to the Union Leader, Bachmann said on Friday she was planning a trip to New Hampshire. “The Minnesota congresswoman made the announcement to reporters this afternoon at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C.,” wrote John Distaso. “According to...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the Tea Party star and possible presidential candidate, says that there is no chance of a government shutdown. "That's not going to happen because that won't serve anyone's interest," Bachmann said in an interview with Newsmax. "That's a bugaboo that the liberals right now are trying to throw out to scare the American people. No one is going to agree to a government shutdown. That will not happen. So let's just take that off the table." Earlier in the interview, Bachmann also said Congress had to make sure to forbid any funding for the implementation of...

In the new issue of the Boston Phoenix – in print tomorrow, online now – I provide my first in-print rankings of the 2012 GOP Presidential candidates’ chances. You can read that here: The GOP’s Top Dog? It’s T-Paw, Not Mitt. But that only has room for the Top 10, and my blog readers know that I’ve been ranking the Top 25 for over two years now. So below are my full, new, updated rankings. There’s quite a bit of shake-up, because with only a year until Iowa and New Hampshire I’m shifting my calculus a little. Up to now,...

The queen of the Tea Party knows how to deliver a stump speech, and the more than 200 people who turned out to hear Michelle Bachmann in person Wednesday at the Ala Moana Hotel were not disappointed. Organized by the free-market "think tank" Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and attracting a good many local Republicans, Bachmann charged her supporters to rise up and fight for the foundations of the nation: inalienable rights of life and liberty that can't be touched by the government. "The Tea Party movement as I define it is a rejection of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda," she said. "You...