Remember when Michele Bachmann was a heavyweight rival to Mitt Romney, even winning the Ames Straw Poll and being referred to by CNN as “a viable contender for the White House“? So do we, vaguely… But only very vaguely. So we got to reflecting on what happened to Michele Bachmann. Obviously a large part of it has to do with the rise of Perry and Cain, and the consequent fracturing of support from the tea party and evangelicals. But TPM’s Thomas Lane thinks that something else is at work… and he explains what in the video below.
LATEST
Features
How Rep. Dan Goldman’s Office Became a ‘Triage Center’ for ICE Detainees
12.21.25 | 5:30 pm
News
Lawmakers Threaten Prosecution, Impeachment if DOJ Officials Blow Epstein Files Deadline
12.19.25 | 3:07 pm
Morning Memo
Potential Disaster Averted as Bid to Undermine Judicial Branch Fails
12.19.25 | 11:09 am
Cafe
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
12.19.25 | 10:09 am