Here Is What The Iowa Losers Are Saying

Rick Perry is returning to Texas to rethink his candidacy. 

Via CNN:

Perry, speaking before his supporters at Perry headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa, said he will return home to Texas and asses the results of the votes in Iowa to decide if there is a path forward for him in the presidential race.

Michelle Bachmann is considering throwing in the towel.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Michele Bachmann’s campaign manager says it’s hard to tell whether she will continue her campaign after a bleak showing in the Iowa caucuses.

Asked if he could say with certainty whether she would go forward with her candidacy, Bachmann campaign manager Keith Nahigian told The Associated Press, “I don’t know yet.”

Newt Gingrich criticizes Romney and bolts for New Hampshire.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich blamed a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses on his rivals' attack ads and seemed to conclude that turnabout is fair play as he pressed on with a new aggressive stance against front-runner Mitt Romney.

After criticizing Romney for running a negative campaign and promising to stay positive, Gingrich appeared before supporters to criticize the former Massachusetts governor as someone who couldn't bring change to Washington. He also planned to run television ads against Romney in the next three states to vote – New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida.

Strange Video: ‘Gay Robot’ Heckles Bachmann At Iowa Event

 File this one under: Liberals are weird.

RoboProf v. Bachmann

Fail: CBS Staff Sends Email to Bachmann spokesperson discussing how Bachmann won't get many debate questions

A CBS Staffer inadvertently sent an email to Bachmann spokesperson Alice Stewart discussing how Bachmann wouldn't get many debate questions.

 SPARTANBURG, SC — Michele Bachmann told reporters in the spin room after Saturday night’s presidential debate here that her campaign has proof that, in the words of a Bachmann spokesperson, debate sponsor CBS News had “a pre-planned attempt to limit” the number of questions Bachmann was asked on stage.

Bachmann has an email from CBS News Political Director John Dickerson she says backs up her claims, but before the controversy could cook off, one debate co-sponsor — the South Carolina GOP — said Bachmann was barking up the wrong tree....

The email in question came from Dickerson at 2:42 Saturday afternoon. Dickerson, a longtime DC political reporter for Time and then Slate who was just announced as political director for CBS News on Saturday, was emailing with some CBS staff, but appeared to inadvertently include Bachmann spokesperson Alice Stewart on the string. The email string is below.

First came a message from CBS staffer Caroline Horn, sent to Dickerson and others that appear to be CBS News staff, with Stewart CC’d:

John, Sarah, and Mike, I was just speaking with Alice Stewart, cc’d here, about the Congresswoman or a senior member if her staff joining you for the webshow. She said she would be happy to arrange. Sarah - you want to touch base with her later tonight?
Caroline

Then comes Dickerson’s reply a few minutes later:

Okay let’s keep it loose though since she’s not going to get many questions and she’s nearly off the charts in the hopes that we can get someone else John Dickerson

Video: Chris Wallace to Michele Bachmann: "Are You a Flake?"

If Chris Wallace wants to see a flake, he should look in the mirror.

Michele Bachmann Has a Bright Idea

You can keep your incandescent light bulbs if you want too.

(The Hill) — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) took aim Friday at a law mandating more energy efficient light bulbs, vowing to overturn the requirement if elected president.

“President Bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want,” Bachmann said at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La.

Bachmann touted her Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act, which would repeal a provision in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that requires traditional incandescent light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient beginning in 2012.

Republicans have cast the provision as a “light bulb ban,” arguing that it will disadvantage incandescent bulbs in favor of more expensive LED (light-emitting diode) and CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs.

LEDs and CFLs are much more efficient than traditional incandescent bulbs.

Bachmann’s comments come just days after President Obama touted energy-efficient light bulbs during a speech at an LED lighting manufacturer in Durham, N.C.

S.E. Cupp Interviews Michele Bachmann About 2012 (video)

Michele Bachmann doesn't rule out a run for the presidency in 2012.

Irrelevant Joy Behar Says Michele Bachmann “Against Children.” Michelle Bachmann raised 5 Children and has had 23 Foster Children (video)

The truth is Michele Bachmann deserves a 'Mother of the Year" award for raising 5 children and helping with 23 foster kids.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) zings pro-Obamacare heckler

Rep. Michele Bachmann held a heath care town hall Thursday. After she talked about women forced by a lack of hospital beds to give birth in hospital hallways in Great Britain, a pro-Obamacare heckler argued it happens here. Rep. Michele Bachmann responded, "I've given birth here probably more times than you, sir." Zing!



From WND:

Bachmann was in the middle of highlighting a story about 4,000 U.K. women forced by a lack of hospital beds to give birth in hospital hallways, when the heckler became too loud to ignore.

"That happens here!" the heckler shouted.

"Not here," Bachmann attempted to argue.

When the heckler insisted she was wrong, Bachmann responded with an impromptu zinger:

"I've given birth here probably more times than you, sir," she said.

The gathered crowd erupted in laughter.