Michele Bachmann

The 39th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) began on Thursday with speeches from Jim DeMint, Stephen Halbrook, Michele Bachmann, Anne Coulter, and  President Eisenhower’s granddaughter Susan Eisenhower, among others. With invocations of Reagan and cries for party unity, the three-day event could help give focus to what has been a lukewarm GOP race. Todd Zwillich, […]

President Obama is announcing a new defense strategy at the Pentagon today. The plan will shift U.S. focus from fighting post 9/11 wars to keeping a dominant position in Asia. Today’s announcement will focus on dealing with hundreds of billions of dollars in defense budget cuts.  Michele Bachmann quits, leaving Newt, Ron, Mitt, Rick, Rick, and […]

Michele Bachmann announced on Wednesday that she is  disbanding her campaign. Now that she is no longer pursuing the Republican nomination, there are no other female candidates running for president. However, this absence is consistent with overall political trends: while women consist of 51 percent of the population, they hold 17 percent of congressional seats, 22 […]

Despite only carrying five percent of the vote in the GOP caucus, Michele Bachmann rallied a base of evangelical supporters and successfully  cultivated an image of political outsider looking to clean up Washington. Now that she’s out of the race, her supporters could widen the divide between GOP hopefuls. With two other candidates who are outspoken […]

President Obama begun a tour of the Pacific Rim with a stop in his home state of Hawaii over the weekend,  where he met with leaders from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. There are 21 countries in APEC, and the president is using this opportunity to stress the importance of America’s relationship with countries in Eastern […]