Rep. Michele Bachmann has a featured role in a long story in the current edition of Newsweek, which dissects the Sarah Palin-dubbed "mama grizzly" movement.

The article is likely to add luster to the Sixth District congresswoman's growing national profile, including her alongside fellow Tea Partiers, such as GOP Senate candidates Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell.

Most references to Bachmann in the piece are fleeting an parenthetical, but a couple of paragraphs explore her background and ideological positions:

"Like Palin, Bachmann lives out her pro-life views convincingly. Over the years she has cared for 23 foster children—in addition to five of her own. "Four [foster kids] at a time were the most we had," she told the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2007. "There were times I thought, I'm so tired, I'll never get conditioner in my hair again." As a state legislator, Bachmann pushed for anti--abortion initiatives, such as the 2005 Positive Alternatives Act, which has provided some $2.4 million in state Department of Health grants to programs that encourage and assist women in carrying their pregnancies to term and caring for their babies….

"No two bears are exactly alike. Angle and Bachmann got their start in local politics as moms of small kids, working to improve local schools, and developed predictable antipathies toward teachers' unions and education bureaucracies. "Michele's view is that parents are the ultimate educators and should call the shots," says Tom Prichard, president of the Minnesota Family Council. She has voted against funding early--childhood education, student--retention measures, and school modernization."The whole thing can be read here.

Like Palin, Bachmann lives out her pro-life views convincingly. Over the years she has cared for 23 foster children—in addition to five of her own. "Four [foster kids] at a time were the most we had," she told the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2007. "There were times I thought, I'm so tired, I'll never get conditioner in my hair again." As a state legislator, Bachmann pushed for anti--abortion initiatives, such as the 2005 Positive Alternatives Act, which has provided some $2.4 million in state Department of Health grants to programs that encourage and assist women in carrying their pregnancies to term and caring for their babies….