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House Race Hotline Extra: Slip Slidin' Away?
We didn't want to hit the weekend without passing along a few polls that just missed our HRH deadline. Both surveys show vulnerable incumbents losing ground just 11 days before the general. In MN-06, a week's worth of negative headlines surrounding Rep. Michele Bachmann 's (R) controversial ...
GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race, Media Buyers Say
huffingtonpost.com — 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 ... (more) GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race, Media Buyers Say
Michele Bachmann for Congress
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Bachmann Doubles Down: ‘Barack Obama’s Views Are Against America’
Bachmann Doubles Down: ‘Barack Obama’s Views Are Against America’
thinkprogress.org — On the defensive over her controversial Hardball appearance last Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) told the St.... Cloud Times yesterday that she regretted suggesting that Barack Obama held “anti-American” views. But at the same time Bachmann was ... (more) Bachmann Doubles Down: ‘Barack Obama’s Views Are Against ...
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sctimes.com 10/18/2008 — ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann — who has never been shy when it comes to praising President George W. Bush — used a debate today to distance herself from the unpopular president. Bachmann even tried to link her Democratic ...
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