Still More Bachmann Studies

HERE . I think I disagree with Pete below in calling Michele the Tiger Woods of demagoguery, because (unlike Peron or Willy Stark) she actually believes what she’s saying. That would mean, of course, that she would be incapable of making an semi-authentic move to the center in the general election. I’m going to say something about Rick Perry soon: It’s going to involve the way he won elections in Texas, and the underperformance that was his last reelection.

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