CNN: Michele Bachmann's 'high stakes' political game grows

I'm going to be completely honest here, up until a few weeks ago, I really hadn't paid attention to who Michele Bachmann is. While I appreciate the heat that the Tea Party movement has placed on Barack Obama and Washington Democrats, I tend to lean a bit more toward the center than those on the far right who fall into Bachmann's camp. (Still conservative, just not that conservative.) Apparently, Bachmann is a big deal though and has been making quite a name for herself.

Thoughts on Michele Bachman? Is she just a rougher Sarah Palin? Will the Left's efforts to unseat her from Congress work?

Rebecca Sinderbrand (CNN) writes:

Washington (CNN) -- The thousands of restive conservative protesters milling outside the west front of the Capitol last week definitely didn't seem in the mood to listen -- but there was at least one voice they wanted to hear.

The chant started from the back of the crowd, and rolled forward like a wave: "We want Michele! We want Michele!"

Michele Bachmann doesn't say she finds GOP leadership irrelevant. But with health care reform gathering momentum as the Democratic bill entered final debate in the House, she took her typical route around, not through them.

The swarms of Tea Partiers who descended on Washington on her week-old call didn't come to see John Boehner and Eric Cantor. The top Republican leaders in Congress were guests at Michele Bachmann's party.

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