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Michele Bachmanns departure from the US congress is great news for my little corner of the world. Her retirement is another step in the right (or, technically, left) direction for Minnesotas progressives, who are on something of a roll lately with the defeat of a voter ID law and the passage of marriage equality legislation. (We did lose gay rights advocate and Vikings football punter Chris Kluwe, and spring seems to have been cancelled but other than that, its been a great year.)
Still, theres a bittersweet aftertaste to Bachmanns announcement for Democrats at the national level. Here are the five reasons for Democrats to regret not having Bachmann to kick around anymore.
1) Her outrageous comments were a fundraising goldmine
The Democratic National Committee started going to the Bachmann well of crazy during her early rise as a Tea Party leader, featuring her in an ad about GOP leaders who want to abolish Medicare. As her profile grew, and she kept talking, the DNC kept putting up videos about her and using Democrats appalled reactions to solicit donations.
Its impossible to know how much cash came into the committee on the back of Bachmanns kookiness and fact-mangling though the DNC could definitely tell us but it mustve been working, because political parties dont keep doing things that dont work. It should be noted that Bachmann herself was a prodigious fundraiser, garnering over $15m for her race in 2012 but Democrats cant even celebrate a blow to Republicans coffers, as Bachmann was notoriously stingy with using her funds to support other GOP candidates. The GOP cant be hurt by losing money they never had.
2) Her seat is likely to stay Republican
More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/29/five-reasons-democrats-will-miss-michele-bachmann/
Blue Owl
(50,498 posts)Despite her mockable clown antics she will not be missed for one bloody minute.
Good riddance, batshit girl.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Being a DFLer,you new her day was coming. Ventura messed this district so F---ing bad,it took this long to retrieve it from the Rethugs and the Fundies. This District was carved out for the Twit by a Rethug controlled State Legislature. If Graves doesn't blow it,he should win.