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Karl Bremer & Michelle Goldberg Deconstruct Michele Bachmann's GOP Presidential Bid. 2 of 2
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12:38Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org - The rising star of the Tea Party movement, Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann, has launched her bid for the Republican 2012 presidential nomination. On the eve of her announcement, Bachmann was tied with Mitt Romney in The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll, the first survey of voters who plan to attend the Republican caucuses. The former tax lawyer identifies as a conservative Christian and is a fierce opponent of abortion and gay marriage. Bachmann also supports teaching intelligent design in public schools, and she's claimed that global warming is a hoax. She has largely built her campaign around accusing Obama of favoring government intervention, pushing the U.S. toward socialism and having "anti-American views" and is particularly fierce critic of Obama's healthcare overhaul. While Bachmann is known for advocating a limited government, she has recently come under scrutiny for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in agricultural subsidies for her family farm in Wisconsin.
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Democracy Now! interviews journalist Karl Bremer, who has covered Michele Bachmann's political career for the last decade from Stillwater, Minnesota, which is where the Bachmanns currently reside. Also interviewed is journalist Michelle Goldberg, author of the book, "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism."
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