Bachmann bows out

Rats.

I was so hoping U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann would run for another term in the House of Representatives.

The Minnesota Republican – who’s “distinguished” herself in so many ways – now says she’s won’t seek another term in the House.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/29/rep_bachmann_says_she_wont_run_for_re-election_118600.html

What will I do for political entertainment?

Bachmann ran for president in 2012, trying to capture the tea party wing’s vote in her party’s primary campaign. It didn’t work out too well for her. She kept saying goofy things and getting caught up in clumsy messes involving her husband’s so-called efforts to talk people out of being gay. She accused congressional Democrats of being un-American and closet communists. She beat the “death panel” drum while trying to defeat President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

I can’t think of some of the other things she said. Suffice to say she spoke ungracefully at times.

Bachmann’s announcement has Republicans breathing a bit more easily. She won re-election to her House seat narrowly in 2012 and was considered quite beatable by Democrats in 2014. Now that she’s taken herself out of the game, the GOP now thinks it can hold her seat next year.

Of course, Bachmann says her political standing among Republicans had nothing to do with her decision to step aside. You’d expect her to say that. I’m not so sure.

Whatever. I wish she’d reconsider. We need you in the game, Rep. Bachmann. Politics can get dreary at times. We need you to liven it up.