Michele Bachmann Iowa Campaign Releases First Ad

Michele Bachmann released her first Iowa presidential campaign ad today. The 30-second spot features the GOP congresswoman, who represents Minnesota, touting her Iowa heritage. She made no mention of John Wayne, however.

"As a mom of 5, a foster parent, a former tax lawyer and now a small business job creator, I know that we can't keep spending money that we don't have," she says. "That's why I fought against the wasteful bailout, against the stimulus."

Bachmann is taking on Iowa full steam. She officially announced her candidacy in Waterloo, where she was born.

From Politico:

She is making a serious push to win the Ames Straw Poll next month, and even some Democrats are taking note that she is running a professional campaign so far, with crisp visuals at her stump stops following an effective rollout.

A recent Des Moines Register poll showed the congresswoman leading the GOP field. She's tied for first with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

The Iowa caucus is scheduled to take place on February 6th of next year.

Watch the video, courtesy of Politico, below:

 

 

Comments

[leroybrown]

12:35 AM on 08/07/2011

Why doesn't someone tell this Bachmann woman that her chances of being the nominee are the same as Pawlenty and Palin....they're 'nil'. She's too scary and the Ames straw poll just might give her the answer...hopefully.

[Ron Bananas]

06:34 AM on 07/10/2011

EVERYBODY who voted YES to renew the Patriot Act is off my list of people to vote for...that only leaves ONE guy...Ron Paul

[Ron Bananas]

06:27 AM on 07/10/2011

I wouldn't worry about her, she stabbed the Tea Party in the back when she voted YES to renew the Patriot Act. She's part of the psuedo Tea Party Express, the neocon spinoff the republicans formed when they felt threatened by the original Tea Party.

[biblevibe]

01:42 PM on 07/09/2011

Yay Bachman, I'm standing up for you in this liberal cesspool.

[JoeHilley]

06:36 PM on 07/08/2011

She said she wouldn't vote to increase the deficit. What does that mean? She already voted to increase the deficit in the recent budget legislation. Now she doesn't want to pay for it?

[Abstrakt27]

01:59 PM on 07/08/2011

Still waiting to hear from one of her overnight guests..I mean... "foster" kids...

[stopnlisten]

12:58 PM on 07/08/2011

Dear Michele (where's the other "l?"),
Please push forward in your campaign. You are successfully diluting the GOP political gene pool and you will be instrumental in the "divide and conquer" self-destruct strategy now being implemented by the POTUS wannabes.
Thank-you, and as Bush said "Stay the course."

[nb7264]

12:32 PM on 07/08/2011

Bachmann needs to provide a long form version of her POO-1 (Planet Of Origin) certificate because she is clearly not of this earth.

[Left of Right]

12:26 PM on 07/08/2011

Whoops! She's showing her hypocrisy again! Just like damning the stimulus as out of control spending then sneaking back to ask for some.

In her ad, she reiterates her vow not to vote to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit, saying "we can't keep spending money that we don't have."

Yet back in April, Bachmann voted in favor of the House GOP's budget plan, drafted by Rep. Paul Ryan. While that plan promised to cut the deficit by trillions over a decade, it did not eliminate budget deficits; indeed, the plan, if implemented, would mean $6 trillion in added debt over a decade.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20077631-503544.html?tag=re1.channel

As Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer said in April: "The bottom line is that the Ryan budget calls for significant increases in the debt ceiling."

Bachmann's spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for an explanation of why Bachmann backed a plan that increased the national debt but opposes an increase in the debt limit.

[pleasantlyny]

11:30 AM on 07/08/2011

ok, good job michelle no mention of raising 23 foster kids.. proud of you.

on another note... did she mention one thing she isfor?

[The Right is Wrong]

11:53 AM on 07/08/2011

Like being submissive to the husband?

[NYC619]

11:30 AM on 07/08/2011

Of course Hachmann would "gloss over" things, she always has that perpetual glossy-eyed staring at a semi-truck's headlights look to her.

[pleasantlyny]

11:29 AM on 07/08/2011

ok, i did not click the video yet but i am betting my co worker lunch that within the first 15 seconds she mentions 23 foster kids...... here goes nothing

[Mike Cannone]

11:01 AM on 07/08/2011

Glossing over facts and reality are commonplace in Bachmann's angel infested world.

[Kansas1]

10:58 AM on 07/08/2011

Blah Blah Blah ZZZZzzzzzzz.....

[Scott Anon]

10:45 AM on 07/08/2011

Bachmann? For President? Puhlease...
Minnesota's Sixth District Unemployment Rates 2003-2010 (source: Census.gov)
Unemployment in Minnesota’s sixth district has been extremely high since 2008 and is still currently higher overall than the Minnesota 6.9% unemployment rate. Between the years of 2003 and 2008, under Republican leadership, unemployment increased on average between 3 to 4 percentage points in each county. Only in the last two years, during President Obama’s administration, has the unemployment situation bettered itself and decreased approximately by one percent in all counties in the district.
Representative Michelle Bachmann has remained silent on the issue of unemployment in her own district. She has also not done anything to alleviate unemployment and to bring growth to her district. Instead, she has focused on attacking President Obama and has accused him of being the cause of high unemployment nationally. While other Representatives did what they could to bring new businesses to their districts and promote growth, Representative Bachmann made no such overtures.