Tag Archives: Michelle Bachmann

All Politics is Yokel

January 1, 2012 · by · in Political · Leave a comment

Christopher Hitchens, when asked what he thought of the Tea Party during an interview, turned the clichéd “all politics is local” into the title I’ve chosen as my commentary on the run-up to the Iowa Caucus. This unusual event in American politics is the first of the elections–although importantly not the first primary election–designed to […]

The GOP candidates for President-Part VI: Bachmann in Overdrive

June 22, 2011 · by · in Political · Leave a comment

She has chosen her Waterloo, or rather Waterloo chose her, and Michelle Bachmann formally announced her candidacy for the highest political office in the land at the place of her birth. Having tested the atmosphere for a run at the GOP nod, and having found it suitable, she will take on the formidable task of […]