Michele Bachmann Is Running for Reelection in Minnesota...Trouble Is, Her Congressional District Doesn't Exist Anymore
Michele Bachmann is running for Congress again!
There’s one catch: her congressional district she represented for four terms is gone!
This morning, a special court in Minnesota ruled that Michele Bachmann’s home district is to be folded into another district to reflect population shifts from the last 10 years. Bachmann, who is nothing if not tenacious, says she’ll run for re-election, in her home district, anyway — against another incumbent Minnesota Congresswoman. This is going to be the most entertaining Congressional race of 2012.
And, what’s more, if she decides to run in the newly-formed district, she will face six-term Representative Betty McCullum (D). If she ran against her, she would have an uphill battle with a woman who is the polar opposite of Bachmann:
She’s left wing. She’s a big supporter of both gay civil rights and abortion rights. Here she is visiting a Planned Parenthood in support of the organization. She’s a supporter of universal health care and environmental protection. She’s spoken in favor of supporting global maternal health initiatives. And unlike Bachmann and her visions of a theocracy, McCollum caused a stir when she omitted “Under God” from the pledge of allegiance during a legislative session (McCollum later said that the omission was unintentional). Minnesota’s 4th district, which absorbed Bachmann’s 6th, is urban and heavily Democratic; during the last election, McCollum defeated her Republican challenger by more than 20 points. Her closest margin of victory came when she was first elected to office in the year 2000. That year, McCollum only defeated her Republican challenger by 17 percentage points.
At this rate, we might as well consider Bachmann becoming another Sarah Palin for Fox News.
Should’ve taken that spot on Dancing With The Stars.
The best thing out of this situation is that Bachmann and her nails-on-chalkboard voice may be silenced for good in politics.
