realclearpolitics.com - 10/22/2008
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Race Summary Despite a competitive race in 2006, Michele Bachmann came out with an 8-point win, leading many to consider her a relatively-safe freshman incumbent. Her opponent this year is former state Transportation Commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg, who lost the DFL endorsement to run for this ...
michelebachmann.com - 10/21/2008
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minnesotaindependent.com - 10/18/2008
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In a stunning interview with Chris Matthews of
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sctimes.com - 10/26/2008
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann wrote a letter last
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contributor who was once convicted of felony money laundering, firearm and drug charges on the basis he had reformed. This month, she withdrew that ...
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Bachmann: I Didn't Question Obama's Patriotism
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... Cloud, Bachmann also denied questioning Obama's patriotism. "I did not, nor do I, question Barack Obama's patriotism. ... I did not say that Barack Obama is anti-American nor do I believe that Barack Obama is anti-American." By Monday, Bachmann's Democratic opponent, former state Transportation Commissioner Elwyn Tinklenberg, had raised more than $800,000 from donors around the country. This bump in cash, along with the general outrage over Bachmann's comments, has made this race for Minnesota's 6th District one Democrats all of a sudden are optimistic about.
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... Minnesota: Senate: I’m not a huge Norm Coleman fan, but I think it’s a good thing that he seems to be pulling ahead of Al Franken, whose entire candidacy is, well, a joke. And like most of Franken’s newer material, it’s not a very funny one. I think Coleman pulls it out. President: McCain once had designs on the Lutheran north. Not anymore. Obama wins by 10 here. Should lose, and just might: Rep. Michelle “Joe McCarthy’s Got Nothing on Me” Bachman. ...
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District Detail: MN-06
cqpolitics.com 10/19/2008 — 2008: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) vs. Elwyn Tinklenberg (D) 2006: Michele Bachmann (R) 50 percent, Patty Wetterling (D) 42 percent Elwyn Tinklenberg gets a second shot at the seat after he lost the Democratic nomination in 2006, when Bachmann won in the ...
MPR: Poll: Dead heat in the 6th District race
minnesota.publicradio.org 10/24/2008 — St. Paul, Minn. — The poll of 430 likely 6th District voters shows 45 percent favor DFL challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg, compared to 43 percent for incumbent Rep. Michele Bachmann. Five percent of those surveyed support Bob Anderson, the Independence ...
MPR: Bachmann, Tinklenberg spar in final debate
minnesota.publicradio.org 10/30/2008 — St. Paul, Minn. — With just five days before the election and no more debates scheduled, both 6th District congressional candidates tried to make the most of their limited time to debate the issues on Minnesota Public Radio's "Midday" program. "Good ...
Bachmann Goes Boom!
voices.washingtonpost.com 10/21/2008 — Five days ago, Minnesota Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann seemed headed to a relatively pedestrian reelection win in her suburban Twin Cities district. Then this happened (the excitement begins around the seven-minute mark): Those comments, made to ...
National GOP Pulling Financial Support For Bachmann
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/22/2008 — A Republican source has confirmed to Election Central that the NRCC is indeed pulling all its advertising for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), whose antics since her McCarthyist rant on Hardball have quickly put this once-safe incumbent in serious ...
Bachmann ad:”My heart is right”
hotair.com 10/25/2008 — Our friend Michele Bachmann has a new ad out for the final ten days of the campaign, and it corrects a mistake she made in last week’s appearance on Hardball . “I may not always get my words right,” Rep. [...] Read the rest » ...
GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race, Media Buyers Say
huffingtonpost.com 10/22/2008 — Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was unpatriotic and urging the major newspapers of the country to investigate anti-American sentiment in Congress, the national Republican political parties ...
MPR: Facts don't support Bachmann ad claims
minnesota.publicradio.org 10/30/2008 — St. Paul, Minn. — A week after making her now famous comments about Barack Obama and liberal members of Congress, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., put two new campaign ads on TV. In one ad, Bachmann admitted she doesn't always get her words right. ...
Twin Cities, MN | Minn.'s Bachmann: `I made a big mistake'
kare11.com 10/21/2008 — ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann says she regrets using the term "anti-American" while discussing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's views, a remark that could threaten her re-election bid. Bachmann told the St. Cloud ...
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First Read 10/23/2008
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann “is one of four at-risk Republican incumbents left to fend for themselves by a cash-strapped House campaign arm in the crucial final days of the campaign amid a tough political environment for the GOP," the AP writes. ...
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