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Bachmann Undertaking Potentially Risky Strategy To Stay Relevant

AP | By PATRICK CONDON | Posted 12.07.2011

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Michele Bachmann surged into the Republican presidential race by preaching tea party fiscal conservatism. Now, as she struggles to ...

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Michele Bachmann Seeks To Broaden Appeal

AP | By BRIAN BAKST and JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 10.20.2011

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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Pigeonholed as a right-wing disciple, Michele Bachmann is offering herself as a presidential candidate who can unite the GOP's dis...

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Michele Bachmann Repeatedly Sought Stimulus, EPA, Other Government Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.10.2011

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With Reporting By Jason Cherkis WASHINGTON -- Few candidates in the Republican presidential primary field have decried the federal government with ...

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Michele Bachmann: America's First Female President?

Robert Guttman | Posted 08.29.2011

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The odds are extremely long against the Minnesota congresswoman to win the GOP nomination for the presidency. However, the odds are more in her favor to be the vice-presidential nominee to pep up the GOP ticket.

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Michele Bachmann Announces Presidential Campaign

Posted 08.27.2011

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is in it to win it in 2012. The conservative congresswoman and Tea Party favorite formally declared her candidacy f...

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Tea Party Favorite Plows Into 2012 Bid From Native Iowa

AP | BRIAN BAKST | Posted 08.27.2011

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WATERLOO, Iowa — Republican Michele Bachmann officially launched her White House bid on Monday, casting herself as hard-charging conservative ca...

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Bachmann Presidential Campaign Tests Tea Party Power Limits

Posted 08.26.2011

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(Reuters) - Conservative firebrand Michele Bachmann will test the limits of how far a favorite of the Tea Party movement can go when she formall...

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Michele Bachmann Literally Praised Government Pork In Letter To Obama Official

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has built a large part of her conservative appeal on strict opposition to federal intervention in the fr...

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Bachmann's Enhanced Clout Could Pose Problems For GOP Leaders

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 08.15.2011

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Michele Bachmann's smooth presidential debate performance stands to make her a bigger force in the Republican Party after year...

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Bachmann Carving Tea Party Role With Dynamic, Take-No-Prisoners Style

Posted 06.13.2011

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(Reuters) - In a slow-starting 2012 Republican presidential field that lacks star power, Michele Bachmann is carving out a role as the polarizing Te...

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Raucous Caucus: Tea Party Meeting Exposes Dangerous Rifts

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE at 4:21 PM ET: The House has just passed a two-week funding measure to avert a government shutdown. It includes $4 billion in budget cuts for t...

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Michele Bachmann Takes Tea Party Message To Iowa

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann brought her tea party message and possible presidential ambitions to Iowa on Friday night, sp...

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Bachmann To Give Her Own State Of The Union Rebuttal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) will be offering the formal Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union...

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Michele Bachmann Riding Spotlight To Front Of Republican Party: Watch Her Greatest Hits (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing & Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The rapid rise of Michele Bachmann, Minnesota's preeminent Republican Congresswoman, from rank-and-file conservative standard-bearer to Tea Party cham...

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Tea Party Caucus Confusion As Several 'Members' Haven't Confirmed Their Membership (UPDATED)

Huffington Post | Eliot Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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This story has been updated A group of conservative House Republicans led by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) today hailed the formation of the congre...

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Michele Bachmann Gets Official Approval To Form House Tea Party Caucus

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATED Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said on Monday that her proposal to create a Tea Party caucus in the United States House of Representatives h...

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Michele Bachmann Plans To Form Tea Party Caucus In Congress

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has plans in the works to create a Tea Party Caucus in the United States House of Representatives. Bachmann on Thursd...

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Michelle Bachmann: Tea Party And GOP Are 'Merging'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) rejected the idea that there was animosity between the Tea Party movement and the GOP in an interview on CNN Thursday,...

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Michele Bachmann Compares Financial Reform To Mussolini-Style Fascism

Posted 05.25.2011

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Speaking at an online town hall event this week, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R- Minn.) compared the financial reform bill currently in congress to Italy un...

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Tea Party: Rifts Emerge As Convention Gets Underway

CNN | Kristi Keck | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the Tea Party's first national convention gets under way, members are united in their anger but divided over the future of the movement. The conve...

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Michele Bachmann's 'House Call' May Have Broken House Rules

Politico | Glenn Thrush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Did a rally geared at saving government resources actually misuse them? Could be, at least technically. Rep. Michele Bachmann's House home-page shout...

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The 12 Most Offensive Signs From Bachmann's Tea Party

Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Bachmann held a rally on Capitol Hill Thursday to try and "scare" lawmakers into voting against health care reform which drew thousands of pro...

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Bachmann, Palin To Speak At National Tea Party Convention

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) will speak at the first-ever National Tea Party Convention this upcoming February. The announcement of plans for the...

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