Bachmann Suspends Campaign – Vows to Defeat Obama’s “Agenda of Socialism”
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 6:46 AM
Bachmann bows out.
(Reuters)
Michele Bachmann will suspend her campaign today. She scheduled a press conference for 11 AM EST.
National Journal reported:
Rep. Michele Bachmann is suspending her presidential campaign, said a senior Republican official with direct knowledge of the lawmaker’s plans. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Minnesota lawmaker, a favorite of the tea party wing of the party and a harsh critic of President Obama, realized after her sixth-place finish in Iowa’s caucuses that “there was no viable way forward.” By suspending her campaign, Bachmann is effectively dropping out.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who received just 10 percent of the vote in Iowa, scuttled his South Carolina schedule and flew back to his home state to consider his options. Party leaders expect Perry to bow out, but there is no word of his decision.
UPDATE: Michele Bachmann vowed to fight Obama’s socialism.
CNN reported:
“Last night the people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice and so I have decided to stand aside,” Bachmann told a crowd of supporters in West Des Moines. But, she added, “I will continue fighting to defeat the president’s agenda of socialism.”
“It is safe to say we don’t see a viable way forward,” a Republican source familiar with Bachmann’s campaign told CNN before the announcement.
Bachmann’s withdrawal is a blow to many die-hard tea party conservatives. The congresswoman, a leading populist conservative in the House of Representatives, has often led the GOP’s rhetorical charge against President Barack Obama’s agenda.
Michele Bachmann told supporters, “I have no regrets.”
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Published May 23, 2012 at 4:57 am - 64 Comments
Conservative to the Core commented:
Goodnight funnyman.
owl commented:
I am glad she is getting out. I could give Michelle 100% support if she would try for Speaker. These people all have different talents and she is who we need as SPEAKER. We need a real voice that all can hear.
owl commented:
We need Gingrich as VP to work with Bachman. They have the talent and experience to make things happen.
We need someone in the WH that will get rid of the REGULATORS. Someone with real experience with how to allow JOBS to happen. Not create the jobs, ALLOW them to be created.
patman commented:
Liked her… didn’t think she’d get this far.
RedBeard commented:
Sorry to see her bow out, but it’s understandable.
Reaganite Republican commented:
Owl’s got a GREAT point above in #2… Bachmann far better suited for House Speaker, and light years ahead of what we’ve got now
gee! commented:
………….true conservative in the race with record to prove it………….even if i knew she wouldn’t be able to win…….i hoping she would stick-it out………..help educate the public about the damages Obama is doing to our Nation………….just sayin
MN Jim commented:
Too bad. She got off topic several times and should have stuck with improving the economy theme. My top 4 choices are all toast now.
cal rifkin commented:
Reality is harsh, but it just wasn’t happenin. Maybe there’ll be a next time, or something else suitable to her talents. Budget director? SecTreas? Speaker? Senate?
Muddywood commented:
She needs to put her support behind Rick Santorum now.
MustComment commented:
I like her but it’s time…
Ladue Pundit commented:
Except, owl & others, that the 2010 congress elected Boehner as speaker. They repudiated Bachmann, the midwife who birthed the Tea Party, and she instituted a Tea Party Caucus which they rejected and refused to join.
Had Bachmann been elected Speaker, we’d have seen quite a different situation regarding the (non-existent) budget, debt ceiling, etc.
This woman criss-crossed the nation supporting first-time politicians who represented the Tea Party. Let’s hope the one who’s opposing Boehner in 2012 wins.
MikeSilver commented:
I was a Michele Guy! She has tremendous talents and experience but for some reason she wasn’t able to demonstrate them when it mattered. Looking back at her campaign, I believe her fatal mistake was hiring Ed Rollins as Campaign Manager.
I like the idea of her running for Speaker in the next session. She’s a leader with a great intellect.
Laughing@uNotWithU commented:
Just read the top 14 comments. Until now I didn’t believe there were really such dumb people in this great country. Signed -
-Laughing at You for Four More Years
Mama Grizzly commented:
Super glad she’s staying in politics. Needs to rethink her unConstitutional position on tort “reform” however.
MJ commented:
She is wonderful.
God bless her.
She is a gracious lady.
RedBeard commented:
LaughingWhateverTroll, Obama needs to give you a raise. I mean, you are one terrific campaign worker. Such insight. Such erudition.
The Triguy commented:
Let’s see…of the people I know who voted for the current president, here are the reasons they gave. One wanted to be part of an historic event…she was and now she’s out of work. One wanted a different foreign policy because he didn’t like where Bush was taking us. I’ll bet he’s quite pleased with his choice now. Another wanted to show that we were no longer a racist country. Funny, but all the cries of racist remarks seem to be coming from the left side of the aisle. Go figure! My daughter was the best though. She said she wanted things to be more economically fair to everyone and she thought he would do it. At least she saw through the blinding rhetoric. Looks like none of them got what they wanted. And laughing@you says we are the dumb ones?
Patty commented:
She has so many wonderful qualities. I feel she “Will” continue to fight Obama’s agendas. Obama is continuing on his path to destruction. He needs to be stop.
greenfairie commented:
It’s hard to run from the House and I think once Perry got in, she lost whatever thunder she had. She made the right decision to bail out now. Wouldn’t mind seeing her as Speaker or a VP candidate.
Militant Conservative commented:
#15 January 4, 2012 at 11:14 am
Laughing@uNotWithU commented:
And you are anti American socialist racist POS.
#1AMERICAN commented:
ANYBODY but odumbo or romney or paul…..
Paz commented:
Socialist? Obama is a corporatist, just like Romney, Newt, and Santorum. Look at where they get their money!
GotFreedom commented:
God Bless you and your family Michelle–Please go back to DC and continue to fight for us/the Constitution/our country–and we look forward to you sending out more and more calls for Americans to rally in DC (like you did for healthcare) to let the Dems/RINO’s know that they work for us; not the other way around!
KornKing commented:
Early reports say Rick Perry will be heading to South Carolina
workingclass artist commented:
Bachmann is out and an hour later Perry tweets he’s headed for SC.
I’ll bet Mitt threwup in his cornflakes a little…Newt is gonna hammer him.
bg commented:
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SOB commented:
Ding dong, with witch is gone…
Michele Bachmann told supporters, “I have no regrets.”
humm, so you don’t regret attacking each and every one of your possible competitors (even Palin!) in your sad, sad, sad attempt to get people to listen to you? 24 hours a day, 7 days a week you were trying to get on TV to slander others and act like you are somehow so much holier then everyone else – and you don’t regret it?
Well, when you lose your next congressional re-election, maybe you will…
(of course, a similar narcissist who sadly was elected, didn’t get it when we the people threw Dems out in droves during the midterms; so I guess its possible you still wont figure it out either)
Joanne commented:
Too Bad. No doubt, the democrats are putting as much influence as they possibly can on who the Republican nominee will be. Bachmann was the conservative America needs, but voters are stupid.
Joanne commented:
Bachmann should have waited – the men at the top will eat each other up, and she would be the cream to rise to the top.
tommy mc donnell commented:
one conservative down a couple more to go for the RNC and american tass.
#15…is calling you stupid and he voted for barack obama.
Valerie commented:
Republicans use their Presidential nominating process to introduce new politicians to the rest of the country. This is actually not a bad thing. The Democrats like to introduce new politicians and build a cult of personality, to get them elected before the voters really know what has happened.
Ron? commented:
She was out of it in the second debate when she brought the Guardisil = retardation thing. Now Sarah Palin is fawning over Crazy Ol’ Uncle Ron. No wonder conservative women on our side always take a beating from the LibDemCom masses. I’m beginning to think that they ask for it.
Ron? commented:
Gingrich/Perry 2012! It’s our only hope in taking back our country from the LibDemCom ruling class.
zelda commented:
Michele is a class act. I’m sorry I didn’t get to vote for her and will start to look at Gingrich or Santorum. No mittens for me.
bg commented:
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Godspeed & Thank You Michele..
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Molon Labe commented:
#29
SOB
Great name for a little mind. Please do the same so all the other readers can focus on the unhinged and ever so witty CRAIG the wonder dog. Though I suspect you are just another of his various hand puppets.
Why is it that all the Paulists and Obamaists react to Bachman as a vampire does to Holy Water?
Could it be that is exactly what she is to the evil of statism and the police state?
Molon Labe commented:
Bachman has a bright future. We will see more of her in the future.
Gary commented:
Everybody else said it all so eloquently.
+ 1 to most of these posts (shame on you to the rest)
Gary commented:
Mama Grizzly
Once again trying to conflate protecting the ambulance chasers with Constitutional liberty huh?
Sell it somewhere else. Conservatives understand what tort reform is.
It is aimed at the frivolous lawsuits that have jacked up the cost of healthcare for everybody and made the unthinkable Obamacare even possible.
If there weren’t commercials running on television all day long trying to get people to sue their doctor, hospital, and pharmaceutical company, then doctors wouldn’t do so much over-testing and redundant precautionary treatment. Every time they try to help somebody or even save a life, they have to wonder if the person will be coming back with a lawyer.
But you want to pretend that tort reform would be aimed at legitimate cases. It’s pretty transparent that you’re either a lawyer, married to a lawyer, or work for a lawyer. Nobody else would try to twist this issue as you have in numerous posts on GP.
We all know that tort lawyers make massive contributions to democrat congressmen and that is why tort reform never goes anywhere (not to mention the number of lawyers in congress).
So sell it someplace else.
We need tort reform.
Conservatives know that.
You don’t.
So what does that say?
Retro commented:
#17 well said
She is wonderful.
God bless her.
She is a gracious lady.
MVH commented:
Of corse she has “no regrets.” She wasn’t “in it to win it.” She was probably Romney’s stalking horse [what with her super-pac backing Romney a few days ago]. It looked like she was put in to checkmate Palin or some other “populist” threat to the GOP Establishment. And if she got the nomination, she would cede to Romney for some sort of “pat on the head.”
It will be interesting to see what would happen to Bachmann’s TEA Party support if she ends up backing Romney. And not to mention what her backing him will do to her being re-elected to Congress, again.
She should’ve fought hard against
The Crying-Orange BoneheadBoehner and the GOP cocktailers for the speakership. She was a true defender of the TEA Party movement during the run up to November 2010. And boy was she really on fire after.jim commented:
She is a Great American,, nuff said!! That is the MOST important, unlike ole barry the Anti American Muslim Socialist!
tommy mc donnell commented:
she is going to “fight to defeat obama’s socialist agenda,” she may have to do the same thing with romney’s.