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Bachmann is falling nicely into the gap left by Palin's inability/lack-of-desire to do the hard work needed to run a national campaign. Palin set the table, and Bachmann's sitting down to dinner.
And I am impressed.
A couple years ago, Bachmann was the crazy woman with the crazier eyes who would get on TV sometimes to compare the President to Hitler or Stalin or whatever.
Now, she's running strong in Iowa and Nate Silver has her in the solid first-tier of GOP candidates.
Whatever one might thing of her personality and positions, one has to be impressed by her instincts (seeing the opportunity presented by Palin) and her willingness to take this seriously and work hard for it.
She's not going away on her own. Someone is going to have to beat her.
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