Bachmann Praises Obama's Win... Now....

Bachmann Praises Obama's Win... Now....

After suggesting that Barack Obama had anti-American views in an exchange three weeks ago with MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told Politico Thursday that she was "extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year." She called his victory "a tremendous signal we sent."

"I have not seen the United States as a racist nation," said Bachmann, who represents Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, in the east-central part of the state. "In my district, I don't sense racism, and that's why I'm thankful that hopefully this will send a national signal across our country that America is not a nation made up of racists. ... On the same hand, I hope that the national media will not confuse disagreement with Obama's policy positions with being consumed [by] racism."

Some analysts had written off the linguistically intemperate Bachmann as a casualty of her calamitous "Hardball" interview, but she graduated to being a sophomore in the House of Representatives in Tuesday's election.

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