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| Michele Bachmann launches 2012 presidential bid |
| 2011-06-28 |
[Iran Press TV] GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann formally launched her 2012 campaign on Monday in her Iowa hometown, proclaiming: "We can't afford four more years of Barack B.O.Obama". Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican, returned to Waterloo, Iowa -- the place where she was born and lived until she was 12 years old -- to stake her claim to the first-in-the-nation caucus state. Bachmann said that as president she would try to slash the federal deficit and shrink the role of the federal government. She added that the country should "declare independence from a government that has gotten too big, and spends too much, and has taken away too many of our liberties." Bachmann enters the race as an Iowa poll shows her near the front of the pack in the first in the nation caucus state. Bachmann's official announcement comes just one day after her strong showing in a poll of Iowa Republican voters. She won 22 percent of the vote, just one point behind frontrunner Mitt Romney. Bachmann played up her tea party ties but also made mention of her Democratic roots. "Five decades ago America had less debt, in fact our national debt was less than 300 billion dollars. A gallon of gasoline was 31 cents, and owning a home was part of living the American dream" Bachmann said. "Today our debt is over 14 trillion dollars, a gallon of gas is still outrageously high, millions of homes are in foreclosure, and those dreams are distant for many Americans." Bachmann has also come down on the U.S. president. Obama, she said, "doesn't seem to have an understanding of how to do the job." The convenient narrative on Bachmann is that, whatever her skills as a self-promoter might be, she's still far too extreme to win the nomination, or even to poll well beyond a core group of hard-line conservatives and evangelicals. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Unlike the go along charlie whose biggest accomplishment was to purchase a prime time ad during monday night football. In his defense, he did just learn about some obscure company called Procter and Gamble and that they make stuff. Personally I'm ready for president who is not an extremist self promoter, whoever it may be. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-06-28 16:30 |
| #3 A lot of people like her. She raised some eyebrows during that debate. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-06-28 14:56 |
| #2 She's probably shooting for a VP slot, or a book deal, but if she seriously wants the big seat Bachman should build up her resume for a decade or so before this kind of move. That was Palin's big mistake. She was dragged in too early. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-06-28 10:31 |
| #1 Yawn... |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2011-06-28 09:11 |