It's become downright commonplace for Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., to garner headlines and coverage in the national political media, but she's jumped onto the international stage with a profile in the UK's left-leaning Guardian over hte weekend that dubbed her the "queen of the right."
The profile leads off with this:
The whole thing can be read here.
Meanwhile, Politico reported today that Bachmann's creation of a congressional Tea Party Caucus is making some leaders in her Republican caucus a bit nervous.
According to the story:
The uncertainty in the House GOP leadership underscores the risk — and reward — of identifying with a movement that electrifies the conservative base yet may turn off moderate Republicans and political independents with controversial slogans and billboards perceived to be insensitive to racial and religious minorities. (snip)... Bachmann's formation of the new caucus has made her a force to be reckoned with inside the Republican Conference; indeed, at last fall's tea party march on Capitol Hill, demonstrators yelled out, "Palin/Bachmann 2012."
Here's the story.
