High Expectations Pose New Challenge for Bachmann
Scott Conroy, RCPBack in January, the surprising news that Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was considering a White House run was generally greeted by the political press as a compelling sideshow rather than a potentially significant development in the presidential race.After all, with just four years in Congress up to that point, Bachmann was perhaps best known for voicing her bewildering concern during a 2008 appearance on MSNBC that then-Sen. Barack Obama harbored "anti-American views." Bachmann was clearly an effective messenger for the right wing of her party, but a viable candidate in a...