** Added 6/20/11 - Kellyanne Conway writes on "The Power of Bachmann":
As I told K-Lo, Michele Bachmann’s commanding performance in last week’s Republican presidential debate sealed a political evolution that has been fomenting for some time: the diminution of feminism and the evolution of femininity. [my emphasis]
In filing her papers, Bachmann became the first serious female U.S. presidential candidate who is neither a career politician nor married to one. She has an everywoman appeal that connects her to millions of Americans; she is accessible, authentic, and affable. She is passionate but not angry; intelligent but plain-spoken. . . . She seems the happy warrior, even as she takes on President Obama’s policies frontally and unapologetically. She neither leads with her gender nor believes it entitles her to special treatment. She stood shoulder to shoulder with men of accomplishment and intelligence on the debate stage because she earned it, based on what she believes, not on what gender she is. . . .
** (Original post) - My enthusiasm for Michele Bachmann is long standing. News items:
-- Wintery Knight - Michele Bachmann's Republican Leadership Conference Speech June 17, 2011 (Video)
-- Jim Loft Reports:
-- Pathetic: Lib Media Attacks Michele Bachmann On Her Foster Care Record Did She really foster care for 23 children?
-- Leftist "Glitter Attack" on Michele Bachmann (video)
-- David Brody - "Michele Bachmann's Campaign Calls Romney's Decision Not to Sign Pro-Life Pledge "Distressing"
IMPORTANT NOTE: Wintery Knight has posted three videos of Mitt Romney supporting abortion rights - 1994, 2002, 2005
Here's the pro-life pledge Mitt Romney refuses to sign:
I PLEDGE that I will only support candidates for President who are committed to protecting Life. I demand that any candidate I support commit to these positions:
FIRST, to nominate to the U.S. federal bench judges who are committed to restraint and applying the original meaning of the Constitution, not legislating from the bench;
SECOND, to select only pro-life appointees for relevant Cabinet and Executive Branch positions, in particular the head of National Institutes of Health, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health & Human Services;
THIRD, to advance pro-life legislation to permanently end all taxpayer funding of abortion in all domestic and international spending programs, and defund Planned Parenthood and all other contractors and recipients of federal funds with affiliates that perform or fund abortions;
FOURTH, advance and sign into law a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion.