Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who has just launched her campaign for president, is getting ready to roll out a book –Â and as the New York Times reports, she will have a very interesting co-author from the ranks of conservative media.
Bachmann’s assistant in writing the book will reportedly be none other than John Fund, who has made a name for himself as one of the premier Republican pushers of erroneous charges of Democratic voter fraud.
Also note that Bachmann hails from Minnesota, which was the scene to a very close Senate race and subsequent eight months of a recount and extensive litigation — with Democrat Al Franken ultimately defeating Republican Norm Coleman by a margin of 312 votes out of nearly 2.9 million. That race continues to be a sore point among Republicans, who at the time latched onto any small piece of reasonable doubt or uncertainty, magnifying it into a smoking gun (regardless of any other hints of doubt that might run the other way). Thus, it’s a good question as to whether this topic will come up in the book.
The New York Times reports:
Ms. Bachmann, a Tea Party favorite who announced her presidential candidacy during the Republican debate on Monday, has been shopping her memoir for weeks, meeting with several New York publishers to discuss a possible deal.
The book is tentatively expected to be released this fall. John Fund, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, will assist with the writing of the book.
One person who saw Ms. Bachmann’s proposal said the book was largely biographical, an account of the formation of her political and economic ideas. Ms. Bachmann was “very impressive” in her meetings with publishers, winning over the skeptics in the room, the person said.
