President Obama addressed the 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday and contiued the tradition of self deprecating jokes mixed with a few jabs at his ideological opponents.
Obama joked that he is taking a “charm offensive” on the road to a BBQ with Ted Cruz in Texas, Kentucky bluegrass festival with Rand Paul “and a book burning with Michele Bachmann.”
Rep. Bachmann’s failed presidential campaign getting new attention in Washington.
Congressional ethics investigators are examining whether top staffers in Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign played an improper role in the 2011 tour to promote her personal memoir, two former Bachmann aides have told the Star Tribune.
St. Cloud Times takes issue with Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “no” vote on the Violence Against Women Act.
Bachmann, lone among all Minnesota representatives, voted against the Violence Against Women Act, legislation that would continue funding for programs and shelters aiding women leaving abusive relationships.Bachmann’s rationale, according to her spokesman Dan Kotman, was that she favored the “stronger House version” of the bill.The “stronger” version to which he refers is the one that left out protection for lesbians, transgendered women, immigrants and Native American women.
via St. Cloud Times.
“The presidential campaign of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is refusing to pay five Iowa staffers and asking that they sign non-disclosure agreements, a former campaign aide has alleged.
Reps. Peterson and Kline cross party lines on Fiscal Cliff vote.
A climactic showdown in the House on Tuesday night divided the Minnesota House delegation evenly, with centrist DFLer Collin Peterson joining Republicans Michele Bachmann, Chip Cravaack and Erik Paulsen in casting dissenting votes.
On the other side, Republican John Kline joined Democrats Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum and Tim Walz in voting yes on the bill, which was approved in a bipartisan 257 to 167 vote.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann spent more than $11 million, or about $65 per vote, to win election, more than any other Minnesota candidate seeking a U.S. House seat, via MPR News.
The AP is calling Rep. Michele Bachmann the winner of the 6th Congressional District.
Bachmann outspent her opponent Jim Graves by 12-1. Her narrow win comes after a failed presidential bid. and a redistricting that included more conservative voters than it did in 2010.
More from MPR News.
Jim Graves and Michele Bachmann debate in St. Cloud. Photo by MPR’s Jennifer Simonson.
Rep. Michele Bachmann and business owner Jim Graves met for their first candidate debate in St. Cloud. Graves is focusing on moderate positions and hopes to unseat Bachmann in a district that was redrawn to include even fewer registered Democrats.
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“In the 6th District, it’s better to be known to all, than not known at all. As a political newcomer taking on a three-term incumbent, Jim Graves is putting his career in business at the center of his campaign,” reports MPR News.
“We know the best way to bring an enemy into our camp is to make them our friends,”
– Jim Graves, Bachmann’s DFL challenger in Minnesota’s 6th District, CNN.
“Outspent 10 to 1 in a tight race in Minnesota’s most conservative congressional district, businessman Jim Graves is polling well with independent voters,” writes John Avlon in the Daily Beast.
I’m surprised it’s taken so long: @teambachmann is using her massive mailing list to fundraise for “solid conservative” @chipcravaack #mncd8
— Brett Neely (@brettneely) October 23, 2012
“New poll has Sixth District GOP incumbent ahead of the Democratic newcomer by 6 percentage points,” reports the Star Tribune.
A new poll shows of voters in Minnesota’s 6th congressional district shows incumbent Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann with a lead over her DFL challenger Jim Graves “50% to 41%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KSTP.”
“Bachmann’s lead comes entirely from men. Graves leads by 1 point among women. Bachmann leads by 18 points among men,” reports KSTP.
Note: the poll has a margin of error of 4.1%.
“There are many people who are hurt by Michele Bachmann’s divisive brand of politics, but perhaps none in quite the way that Helen LaFave is,” writes Frank Bruni in the New York Times.
