Summary: At a Lincoln Day Republican fundraiser in Archbold, Ohio, Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann sounded a call to arms, accusing President Obama of betrayal as the first president since 1948 “not to stand with Israel” and saying she was committed to repealing “Obamacare” (which she called “socialism”), 100 percent anti-abortion, and uncompromisingly for marriage between a man and a woman. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on May 23, 2010, Aubrey Immelman posted a link to the nominating petition to help him gain ballot access as an independent candidate to challenge Rep. Michele Bachmann for her U.S. House of Representatives seat in Minnesota’s 6th Congression District.

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Summary: Michele Bachmann, three-term Republican congresswoman from Minnesota and a favorite of social conservatives and Christian fundamentalists, is poised to announce that she will run for president in 2012, with a formal announcement expected by June 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on May 16, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, former leader of the opposition in the South African parliament, had died.

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