Bachmann for President?
On Sunday, three-term Rep. Michele Bachmann declared her candidacy for President of the United States. She is now second in nationwide polls among likely Republican primary voters and tied with Mitt Romney in Iowa. I think she's going to have a very tough time of it, first, because she's a woman and women often have to be twice as smart and twice as good to get just half the respect as men; Second because of some unfavorable comparisons with Sarah Palin in that Bachmann does sometimes have silly slips of the tongue that come from either flat-out mistakes or misinformation; Third, she may not be able to raise enough money to beat Obama and fourth, she may not have positions enough towards the center to attract Independent voters who will certainly swing the general election one way or the other.
But, I give her a lot of respect for tossing her hat into the ring. It makes the race more interesting and is an advancement for women in politics and government, which is in and of itself a good thing. Problem is that much of the mainstream media derides and attacks most women who are not liberal Democrats, so often GOP women are operating with even bigger hurdles to overcome.
On the issue of Israel, Bachmann is 100 percent rock solid. See her brief Israel video below. With friends like this in Congress, Israelis can sleep a bit more securely at night and that is also a very good thing.