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" (Optional Musical Accompaniment To This Post) I think I can say without fear of eschatological contradiction that events could transpire that definitively would prove that Jesus loves me more than He loves the rest of you bums. Still, Bachmann would almost certainly be a strong contender to win a contested primary, and political opponents have underestimated her strengths in the past. &amp;quot;I think if Bachmann decided to run, she&amp;#039;d be the favorite to win the nomination,&amp;quot; said Minnesota political analyst Larry Jacobs. &amp;quot;Whether she can win statewide is a bigger question and the question she will be thinking hard about.&amp;quot; Despite her reputation as a conservative flame-thrower with a penchant for attention-grabbing gaffes, Bachmann is widely regarded among Minnesota political watchers as a savvy operator. And no one doubts that she could again raise enormous sums of money in a personality-driven general election battle that would draw tremendous attention outside the state. Surely, I don&amp;#039;t have to explain all of the eight million reasons why this race would set the political Orgasmatron at about a 12, do I? The least of them would be that a Bachmann campaign would blow out all the circuits in Karl Rove&amp;#039;s brain. Is she a mainstream Republican or a Tea Partier? (I&amp;#039;d say by now she&amp;#039;s pretty much the latter, but she started out as the kind of conservative congresscritter that Rove dedicated his previous life to producing.) And could Senator Franken really resist the temptation to reach back into the techniques of his previous career when faced with this big a fish in this small a barrel? I think he might slip a disc trying. This campaign simply must happen. I will not be denied here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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