Michele Bachmann weighs in on the GOP nomination race

Michele Bachmann called into radio to give her thoughts on where the GOP race is headed and why Santorum was able to pull off some upsets last night in the American Midwest.

“Well, I think actually what you saw was a reaction to what president Obama has done in the last week or so with this ruling on forcing religious universities and schools to offer contraceptives against their teachings and practices, and I think this was really what you might call the first social policy election because this has been so prominent in the news. People are very upset about this. This is something that I think Rick Santorum has talked about, and I think people are reacting, and this is really very bad news for president Obama because it shows he’s not going to get away with Obamacare and when the president and the health and human services secretary made the decision to force religious organizations to deny their own religious beliefs in accordance with the government’s will, that was too far and so this is a signal from the American people that they are not going to put up with Obamacare, and I think that’s part of the reaction,” she told Glenn.

Glenn has been focused a lot on the attacks that people of faith are experiencing at the hands of the federal government. Glenn wanted to get Bachmann’s thoughts on the matter during the interview.

“Do you believe that Christians and Jews, people who are living their faith are prepared for the kind of full frontal assault on their faith and prepared to really truly stand through what I think you believe and I know I believe is coming?” Glenn asked her.

“I do believe it’s coming. Are they prepared? I think that your show is a wonderful beacon to try and prepare people for that, but I think they aren’t prepared with the threats particularly to the United States that we’re seeing from our southern border, and part of what I’m very concerned about is the influence that Iran is having on our southern border,” she said.

Glenn also asked Bachmann, who said she was not endorsing anyone at this time, if there was a candidate who she would be very scared to see win the Presidency in 2012.

“Is there anybody that is running that you say and you don’t have to tell me a name God help us all if that person is elected?” he asked.

“Barack Obama,” she said.

Good answer!

  • http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm snowleopard (cat folk gallery)

    We need Santorum, though I do expect Obama to make a final open grab for absolute power before or just after the elections later this year; he will never surrender the Presidency willngly in the event he loses. There will be chaos across the board by him and his allies.

    If they see their defeat is inevitable they will shift to a scorched earth campaign, taking down as much of the nation into final ruin as they can.

    God help us all, and may we stand strong in the faith during the storm that has arrived; now is the time that will go beyond trying a mans soul, we will be in a time that will try our beings to the uttermost limits, and allow the best of Gods sustaining grace and guidance to shine forth in His people for the witness unto the greater world.

    May He bless and sustain each of you until the day we are in a free and restored nation or united in one in the family of God on the day of the Return of Lord Jesus.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Irina-Krasnyuk/745534442 Irina Krasnyuk

    Oh, please do not look at me like that, cause if you look like that i will not find alookalike. Cool not.

  • General Kota

    She is right on this.

  • Anonymous

    How often do they let you out of your room?

  • Anonymous

     Yep. Santorum all the way.

    I love Bachmann too. She had my committed vote when she was still in the running. I hope she is able to take an active role at the forefront of reforming our country going forward.

  • Anonymous

    RON PAULS THE MAN

  • Anonymous

    Obama is the perfect storm which is laying waste to the country every day.  The Republicans had better get their head out and get into issues instead of personal attacks.  I really don’t care who ends up on top if they have the right message and can hand the Messiah his head in a debate.

  • Anonymous

    What a strange, strange analysis.

    It’s all about Obama and what Santorum said about Obama – huh?

    Not related to RomneyCare at all eh?

    The truth is it makes us a little sick to vote for Newt, for obvious reasons.

    And also, it makes us a little sick to vote for Mitt, for obvious reasons (that Glenn doesn’t like to cover that much, but Rush/Hannity/Levin cover beautifully)

    In the end, we’re no dummies, even with the skewed Newthansia exhibited by Glenn, and the strange tacit support for Romney, both Romney & Gingrich are now down – keep going people – let’s knock’em out!

    It’s because Santorum is the only true conservative left Glenn – Romney is a progressive, regardless of how he ‘lives his faith’ – hello, wake up!

  • Anonymous

     I’d vote for Ron Paul if Santorum was eliminated, but that doesn’t appear to be the case right now. Ron Paul folks should seriously consider who they’d vote for if Ron Paul doesn’t get the nomination. If they back Santorum I know they’ll be happier with the results than if they backed Romney or Gingrich… if they could even bring themselves to vote for Romney or Gingrich.

    Right now, I believe the best case scenario is having Santorum as President with Paul as either VP or appointed Treasury Secretary and given specific authority deal with the Federal Reserve in whatever way he sees fit.

  • Anonymous

    Wouldn’t a Santorum/Bachmann ticket be exciting?

  • Anonymous

    SANTORUM IS ANONER OF THEM- HE STANDS FOR THE SAME STATUS QUOE. WE NEED TO END THE FED-STOP THE WARS- STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION–  IN THE END WHEN IT’S ALL SAID ANDDONE  — RON PAUL STANDS ALONE –  RON PAUL WILL LEAD US OUT F THIS MESS –  NOT THE OTHER MONEY WALLSTREET GABBERS  — LOOK AT PAULS RECORD AND BELIEVE ME.  —  DON’T LET TRHE MEDIA DO YOU DECISSION MAKING AND VOTE FOR YOU LIKE THEY CNTROL EVERY OTHERE SHEEP IN THIS FAST FALLING APART COUNTRY–  IT’S TIME WE USED OUR HEADS  — I SAY RON PAUL  — A NATION ONCE AGAIN.    On 02/08/12, Disqus<> wrote:  MarsBarsTru7 wrote, in response to bressler:  I’d vote for Ron Paul if Santorum was eliminated, but that doesn’t appear to be the case right now. Ron Paul folks should seriously consider who they’d vote for if Ron Paul doesn’t get the nomination. If they back Santorum I know they’ll be happier with the results than if they backed Romney or Gingrich… if they could even bring themselves to vote for Romney or Gingrich.Right now, I believe the best case scenario is having Santorum as President with Paul as either VP or appointed Treasury Secretary and given specific authority deal with the Federal Reserve in whatever way he sees fit. Link to commentbressler wrote: RON PAULS THE MAN —–Options: Respond in the body to post a reply comment. To turn off notifications

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/ZDQOECJM3CRZSDNE5R4SB35QHM T.

    Let’s not get side-tracked. NO ENTITY should be forced to offer these services, religious or not.

  • Anonymous

    I agree with snowleopard that Obama will not go quietly.  If he can’t win or steal the election he will try something to create a crisis to stay in power.  Gods help is all that will save this country & the constitution.        

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carol-Morgan/100000253121773 Carol Morgan

    i read somewhere that obama shuld be forced to debaate without a teleprompter…i thought it was funny but now i think it would be a good idea. let him do it himself for once instead of being fed info along the way!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carol-Morgan/100000253121773 Carol Morgan

    right on!!

  • w. Parker

    Santorum was defeated big time when he ran for the senate in PA his last run.  There might be a logical explanation for that but it’s something to consider.  Billy Graham is too old and in bad health, but is there “anyone” left in america who’s conservative without any baggage left?  Let’s not forget that the baggage obummer has created in just the last 3 years would include a list a mile long….I wonder why no one has yet to discover his Thesis while in college??? Sure seems he has very effectively covered up his past.  Has anyone publicly requested from him a copy of his thesis?  Why would he object???

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HMWJFO334E2STMDP5OEDM3IMZQ Back to Basics

    RomneyCare is very different from ObamaCare, in that this was something he did as Governor and it was perfectly in his power to do so. If the people of Mass. want Romney Care, then their state government should be allowed to implement such policy; if they don’t want it and the state does it anyway the voters can recall the governor or not reelect him.  And each individual state should have the power to decide if they want to follow in Mass. steps or develop their own solution.  The problem with ObamaCare is that this is a case where the federal government has abused its power and is trying to force states to follow Mass.  As long as Romney understands the difference between his powers as Governor and the powers of the President, RomneyCare is a non issue.  

  • Anonymous

    glenn, or this story have specifically stated, “Do you believe that Christians and Jews, people who are living their
    faith are prepared for the kind of full frontal assault on their faith
    and prepared to really truly stand through what I think you believe and I
    know I believe is coming?”…this is a legitimate question, but one must ask why he always leaves out the Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc? 
    The obvious answer is that glenn beck is a bigot!!!
    Placing this on the back burner for a couple of seconds, let us look closer at Bachmann…
    In all honesty, the country would probably enjoy her to be a VP candidate for the Republican Party.  Right now, the general election looks to be pretty boring.  President Obama is going to spank the sh** out of the weak field the Republicans are putting up, so it would be nice to see Bachmann in there to give America some great stories, sound bites for late night television and more material for SNL.

  • SoThere

    Just for you little man:

    For today, and every day you post here, I will post your lies on every comment you make on this site…. Your hate and ignorance is not winning any converts here. You’re the butt of jokes and ridicule.Please see a professional about your fixation on little children strtlk/mtclayboy.You’ve been caught in your lies and have no credibility here. You’re a Wikipedia sailor and a lying puke.

    1. As mtclayboy you claimed that you served on a BOOMER. As strtlk you claimed not to know what a Boomer or a SSBN was “I don’t care” were your exact words. You also stated that you didn’t know where Bangor, Wa. was which is where Boomers (submarines) are fitted for duty.Any real Submariner would know that. You didn’t!

    2. You then changed your story and claimed that you were on a BOOMER. You lied.

    3. As mtclayboy you claimed that you had damaged your ears while serving on a Submarine. As strtlk, you claimed that you damaged your ears while serving on a submarine.

    4. As mtclayboy you claimed that you joined the Navy and served for five years on a submarine but according to the timeline you gave that was proven to be a lie. You lied.

    5. As mtclayboy you said that you were a Fireman. As strtlk, you claimed you were a Fireman.

    6. As mtclayboy and as strtlk, you posted the same bigotry and hate against Glenn Beck almost word for word even using the same spelling and grammatical errors and focusing on the children. I’ve posted many of them here already.

    Are you catching on everyone? He’s a liar plain and simple and nothing he claims can be believed.

    Take your bigotry and hate and Phony Soldier ID and leave us honest people alone?

    Flag the idiot.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bishimine Barry DaKama’aina InKali

    Stand up AMERICA this November and vote obama out of the White House and elect a person who WILL UPHOLD the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!….. And not socialist/communist/marxist/progressive movement…. That is the way to fight socialists…… BY VOTING!!!!!!!!……..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Marks/1266358046 Paul Marks

    Yes – again, I was wrong (utterly wrong) and Glenn Beck was correct.

    If anyone can beat Romney to the nomination then Rick Santorum (not Newt Gingrich) is that person.

    And, the opinion polls now show, that Rick Santorum (not Mitt Romney) has the best chance of defeating Barack Obama.

  • Anonymous

    Obama doing ANYthing off the teleprompter is highly unusual. I suspect that’s why he doesn’t do press interviews, rarely talks off the cuff, and practically everything he says is so tightly scripted. Why? Well, the few times he HAS gone without his fancy force fields, he was honestly no more adept at public speaking than George Bush. Lot’s of stops and starts, stammering, mis-stating himself, eh, eh. eh, let me be clear!  The funny thing was that for the the longest time I didn’t know those glass screens were telepromptors!  I thought they had something to do with sound, but not until they malfunctioned one day on our president, going up and down by themselves and a commentator said, “Oh, something isn’t making the telepromptors happy today!

  • Anonymous

    While I can’t sit here and say a man like Newt can’t be forgiven for past mistakes (we’ve all got something in our past we’re not happy about and chances are a lot of us have skeletons still in the closet!), I CAN’T say he has the best chance to be elected president. It would be similar to the 2008 election. Now, follow me for a minute…. Last time, we had a young, charismatic, good looking guy running on a message of hope and change, real slick campaign run, something he liked so much he just kept on campaigning!… up against (Sorry, Mr. McCain) a white haired guy with a rather controversial running mate.  I don’t like the fact that people often vote on looks and glib speech, but they do.
    Look at our Republican slate. We have Rick Santorum. Young, nice looking guy, clean history, able to scramble on the debate stage, more experience than Obama had when he was campaigning.  Then Mitt. Nice looking guy, a little stiff, but obviously charismatic and well-funded. Not as thin skinned as he used to be. Then we have Newt. Lots of white hair, a quirky laugh that makes him look like an evil Keebler elf with his lovely wife with the perfect hair ever by his side. It’s that laugh, that look that sticks with people…. and then you add in his political history and you have a mix of success and disgrace. Finally, we have Ron Paul, popular with the young crowd with his ideas about relaxing drug regs and getting out of the Middle East all together, but consistently last in the polls. Funny litttle eyebrow over there, adorable laugh, likeable but I think unelectable in the end, perhaps because people will see him on the stage with Obama and they will vote on sight…. with Obama, subconsciously going with the younger stronger choice.
    Sorry, but I’ve seen this happen over and over at local and national levels. I see Mitt and Rick head to head … and then side by side. Santorum/Romney or Romney/Santorum.

  • http://twitter.com/whiteknight111 Blake H.

    It kinda sucks that Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and even Michelle Bachmann – My personal hero, Michelle Bachmann – ,  the supposed ‘conservatives’ and ‘tea party’ representation in the Republican Party aren’t endorsing the only real conservative that’s in the running, Rick Santorum. 

    I guess what George Orwell said at one time about one people is still true of many other people, especially politicians, today: ” Once a whore, always a whore. “ 

  • http://twitter.com/whiteknight111 Blake H.

    Santorum / Romney would be a good ticket but I think Santorum / Rubio would be a better ticket. Especially in light of the religious persecution that’s going on right now. I’m glad we’re on the same page here. You might try asking around and seeing how Marco Rubio flies with your friends and family and see if we could influence this thing. I think 200 million + Americans would love to see a real Catholic and a guy like Rubio with his background in the White House. And we conservatives would be on board all day. Pretty much a dream ticket, in my opinion. You’re on to something there, Vixen27.

  • Anonymous

    STRTLK should say STINK

  • http://twitter.com/whiteknight111 Blake H.

    Might see how Rubio plays as well. Santorum / Rubio sounds good to me.

  • http://twitter.com/whiteknight111 Blake H.

    You’re a bought and paid for tool. :D  Dewd.

  • Anonymous

    yup

  • Anonymous

    Agree

  • Anonymous

    I don’t know why Romney fans try to defend Romney Care conervatives know it is Progressive, and Socialist, You will never sell it to conservatives.  Mitt is also for Cap and Trade, and Tarp. 
    Why do you think he is having such a hard time winning the nomination?  Even after campaigning for six yaers and having the most money.  And the endorsements of John McCain and Donald Trump just is more proof that he is not a conservative.

  • Anonymous

    Yes to Treasury Secretary.

  • Anonymous

    beck has always said that his second choice was rick, with micheal as his first

  • Anonymous

    Stink…
    Really…
    That and using the puppet to scare me?…
    Weak!!!

  • SoThere

    luvsullyerna, Flag the idiot.

  • Anonymous

    Cry little puppet. Cry!

  • SoThere

    Dance Phony Soldier, dance.

    Folks, flag this idiot and be done with him.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/4SU3OWVVMV7BOHOOWV2BZU5RA4 LYNN

    I agree. We are TOAST if Obama is reelected. I want Santorum as the Commander in Chief, but I do feel he would have a tough time defeating Obama. I believe that because of all the people on both coasts, the elitists, the progressives, and the gay community will not vote for Santorum. This really is a moral election..there really is a rift between conservatives vs non-conservatives. Thats why we all have to be out there voting, and praying for these guys. The midwest is for Santorum, but he is going to have difficulties elsewhere. May God Bless America!

  • SoThere

    You tried to make another funny!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Keep dancing puppet! Keep dancing!
    p.s. nice new icon…
    the flames are soooooo scary.
    did your harley boyfriend choose that for you?

  • SoThere

    Another funny. How many converts did you make tonight Phony Soldier? Go clean some toilets, oh I see you posting as Vinny again.

    Cute.

    Ha Ha Ha Ha ha

  • Anonymous

    I would be completely happy with A Santorum/Rubio ticket. A very dynamic team, lots of potential, and I don’t think we’d have to worry about them being surrounded by socialist leaning staff or cabinet. Oh please….

  • Anonymous

    Unbelievable; a month ago everyone was on the Newt train, before that it was Cain, before that Perry, before that Bachmann. Kind of reminds me of the old Christmas ryme – The night before Christmas and all were feeling Mary, but Mary got mad and went home, so they all felt Sad, then Sad got mad and went home, so they all jumped for Joy. Will you people please make up your minds. We are rapidly running out of candidates and President Obama will win by default.

    BTW – Anyone but Romney.

  • Ned Smith

    Gingrich quoted Soros comparing Romney to Obama. There is nothing further from the truth! Is Gingrich willing to stoop to political expediency? I don’t believe Soros will tell the truth to anyone. So what would Soros have to gain by comparing Romney to Obama? Possibly, he fears a Romney / Obama matchup most?  I trust Soros to do his home work when it comes to calculating risk and manipulating things to his advantage. If Gingrich falls for political tricks so easily, why would any conservative trust him when in office? 

    Romney has said he would eliminate Obama care, balance the budget and get America working. Romney, more than anyone running can do this, he will clean up the executive branch. The fact that he is so well organize should be a clue that he knows how to get things done. 

    When conservatives point fingers at Romney’s record on health care; comparing it to Obama care, are they saying Romney is lying to everyone (that he won’t repeal Obama care and that he will institute his own national health care)? If you don’t believe he is lying, then stop the spin around Romney = Obama. There is nothing farther from the truth. You are no better than the progressives if you are willing to spin things to achieve your agenda. Spin isn’t justified simply because it is conservative spin.