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The Bachmann Speech
Posted by Erick Erickson
Wednesday, January 26th
Much has been made of Michelle Bachmann’s “Tea Party” response to the
State of the Union.
For days the media has been playing this up as a major conflict within
the Republican Party. In fact, a number of Republican leadership aides
pulled out all the stops trying to get the networks to ignore Michelle
Bachmann.
Kudos to CNN for its willingness to cover the speech in full.
I must admit I was deeply nervous about the speech, but I am delighted
to say I was wrong. Michelle Bachmann gave the best speech of the night.
While the President sputniked and Paul Ryan went off on some high
minded rhetoric, Michelle Bachmann kept to nuts and bolds. Her speech
was based on actual economic data with actual, substantive policy
suggestions for change.
Paul Ryan’s speech was okay. His blood shot eyes and Eddie Munster, Jr.
haircut could have used some work. But he was good. Michelle Bachmann,
however, shined in an easy to understand speech with a common man touch.
I’m glad I was wrong. And it just goes to show that the narrative of
concern, built up in the media in large part by nervous Republicans,
was silly. It yet again shows the GOP is unwilling to seriously treat
the tea party movement as a legitimate player.
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