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After last-place Florida straw poll showing, many wonder if Bachmann candidacy can survive
The Daily Caller ^ | September 27, 2011 | Amanda Carey

Posted on 09/26/2011 10:18:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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We don't promote House members to the presidency. It's only happened once, in a freak 4-way election. She has zero executive experience.
1 posted on 09/26/2011 10:18:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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We don't promote House members to the presidency.

You are right about that. There is no way I can see her turning this thing around.

2 posted on 09/26/2011 10:22:50 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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“We don’t promote House members to the presidency. It’s only happened once, in a freak 4-way election. She has zero executive experience.”

Still, it would’ve helped if she didn’t come across as unhinged.


3 posted on 09/26/2011 10:23:46 PM PDT by ari-freedom (I'm a heartless conservative because I love this country.)
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Michelle shot herself in the foot. It’s not like we weren’t willing to give her a fair hearing.


4 posted on 09/26/2011 10:25:54 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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At best, She is an anti Palin plant of the DNC.


5 posted on 09/26/2011 10:28:20 PM PDT by trumandogz
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After her getting so emotional and obsessive about Perry and the HPV vaccine, I could no longer visualize her speaking rationally, calmly and professionally to world leaders. (and Bachmann had been my first choice)

I agree with her positions and I believe she is conservative, but she isn’t presidential in my mind. She was standing on good ground attacking the EO but when she went into her telling of that sad, pitiful, woman and child— she lost me.

I also lost respect of how she made a vaccine that can save lives— political. That was WRONG, in my belief. She is right, she is NOT a doctor, she should have kept her mouth shut there.

There are the anti-vaccine folk and that’s fine but I have a great respect for vaccines and on that I won’t change.


6 posted on 09/26/2011 10:30:48 PM PDT by Irenic
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Michelle is sounding like she is singing her “swan song”. She was just telling the party not to elect a moderate and go with a strong conservative. She didn’t say that the conservative had to be her.

I wish she hadn’t gone after Perry and help Mitt in that 2nd debate. Maybe she would be doing better.


7 posted on 09/26/2011 10:33:21 PM PDT by ClarenceThomasfan (No flip floppers for president)
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I just saw her on BOR. She looked and sounded GREAT!


8 posted on 09/26/2011 10:35:10 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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I hope she hangs in there and sticks around. First off, I think she'd be a good VP offering and I think she'd be good in nearly any cabinet position offered. But mostly we need her to hold the feet of the others to the fire.
9 posted on 09/26/2011 10:38:13 PM PDT by ExSoldier ("Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil: It has no point.")
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She’s going to hang in there and not leave until her book is released in Nov....


10 posted on 09/26/2011 10:43:08 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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Absolutely right about Bachmann overplaying her hand during the debate. She broke Reagan’s rule about saying bad about a fellow Republican. I lost much confidence about her unfounded accusations against Perry.
BTW: I also lost much of my vigor for Perry during the last debate.
I could vote for Cain and feel comfortable that he would do right by America.
I am going down Saturday to see Cain.
I do not know why but Cain seems to be more solid in his thinking.


11 posted on 09/26/2011 10:44:24 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (I would rather be hung with a few brave conservatives than live a lifetime with cowardly liberals.)
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I hope she packs up her clown car and goes home to run for re-election. I like her but she jumped the shark on too many issues. Promising $2 gas? Gardisil causing mental retardation? You should keep 100% of your money?


12 posted on 09/26/2011 10:48:15 PM PDT by byteback
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Bachman was trying to shoot down her conservative competition (Perry) instead of shooting down the enemy. Reagan warned against doing this. Mittens is the one who isn't conservative and she missed her target.

Leaning towards Cain now.

13 posted on 09/26/2011 10:50:00 PM PDT by bondserv (God governs our universe and has seen fit to offer us a pardon. †)
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Instead of warming to Bachmann, Sunshine State straw poll delegates split their vote for an alternative to Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and businessman Herman Cain.

LOL Some split, 37% for Cain and 14% for Perry. Ummm that's not a split and Cain should have been mentioned first since he WON.

14 posted on 09/26/2011 10:50:43 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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If she drops out she should endorse Cain.


15 posted on 09/26/2011 10:53:08 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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2ndDivisionVet: “She has zero executive experience.”

As much as I like her ideology and would like her to play an active role in a future Republican administration, I have to agree. Ideology is vitally important, but it’s not my only requirement. I also want to believe she has the necessary skill set to be the nation’s chief executive. I just don’t see that. Again, I think she’s a great person. I’m just not convinced she’s presidential material. Typically one proves their executive bona fides by actually serving in executive positions prior to running for the most powerful job in the world. She hasn’t done that.


16 posted on 09/26/2011 10:54:32 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (What's special about bad? Bad is easy. Anyone can do bad. I prefer good!)
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To: OKIEDOC

How do you feel about the Federal Reserve Board, and Federal Reserve Currency?


17 posted on 09/26/2011 10:56:10 PM PDT by sklar
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She shouldn’t have kept up with the gardasil attack, but, there have been cases of death and paralysis.

Records Document 3,589 Adverse Reactions Related to Gardasil between May 2009 and September 2010, Including 213 Cases Resulting in Permanent Disability

http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2010/sep/judicial-watch-uncovers-fda-records-detailing-16-new-deaths-tied-gardasil


18 posted on 09/26/2011 11:01:34 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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I am going down Saturday to see Cain.
I do not know why but Cain seems to be more solid in his thinking.
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Cain was impressive on Greta tonight, I really like him. I am not quite on board with the 9-9-9.

I had been completely Bachmann, but I had started to doubt her before Perry.

After her spaz-out, I became Perry, Newt, Cain.

Now, I am Newt, Cain, Perry. I don’t trust Newt to stay where he is, I don’t really like 9-9-9 and Perry screwed up.

I don’t think perfection is on the horizon—damn the humanity! :)


19 posted on 09/26/2011 11:01:46 PM PDT by Irenic
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Can you explain to me how the lack of executive experience disqualifies House members but not senators? Sometime we will start reverting to the mean.


20 posted on 09/26/2011 11:14:12 PM PDT by monocle
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