Bachmann is toast

I think it's not a wise move to say that no one wanted her, or cared about her, simply because she wasn't leading. How can you look at someone who had 6 thousand votes, and conclude no one wanted or cared? Further, everyone knows that one state, doesn't mean the entire country is the same. Iowa is important only because there's a perception that whoever is in front will do the best in other states. Perception, is everything in politics. I'll never forget the 2003 election of Arnold in California. All these people were talking about how they were voting for Arnold, instead of Tom McClintock, but they liked Tom better. When they were asked why they are voting for someone they really didn't want the answer was "well we don't think Tom can win". Well yeah, he can't win if you vote for someone else. Same thing in 2000, when CBS called the Florida vote for Al Gore before the polls closed. Thousands of people went home thinking it didn't matter if they voted, Al Gore already won. Of course we know how that turned out. Yes Bachmann lost. And yeah she likely didn't have a chance after the perception that she wasn't even close was passed on. But I think you are stretching it a bit for to conclude no one cared, or wanted her. That's wrong.

I don't think anyone was really predicting her to win. She was flavor of the month like five months ago and that was all poll predictions. She just didn't have the support, money or the enthusiasm to go long term. At most, she was put at making third place. So, I really can't say a lot of people are surprised at this development.

Frankly, she just didn't have the depth or experience to be the republican nominee. Aside from that, she's probably politifact's favorite punching bag so few people will ever believe anything she says. I think she really hurt herself by making baseless accusations that Ron Paul bribed her campaign manager as well. Nobody was going to buy that line of bull without some serious evidence and she had nothing. Not only that, one of her campaign people said it was not true shortly before he too left her campaign. Even if I agreed with her more on the issues, I don't think she has the experience or temperament to be president. If she were a liberal she could have a chance, since experience is largely irrelevant to them, but as a republican, she just didn't have what it takes. I'm actually surprised she even managed to be a frontrunner for a brief time.

I can't understand one thing about her. Why I would know that North Korea is a "rogue state" for the US - living across the ocean, at the opposite side of the Globe? And this lady called the communist country an American ally! How could she dare to run for president