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Mar 11th, 2010

Summary: Before his recent fall from grace, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) blasted former Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) for their “dishonest, unpatriotic, hypocritical, and highly personal continuing attacks on President Obama.” … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on March 11, 2009, Aubrey Immelman reported that a suicide bomber struck tribal leaders touring a market in a Sunni area west of Baghdad killing as many as 33 people in the second major attack in the capital area in two days and raising fears that Sunni insurgents may be escalating operations even as the U.S. phases out its combat role in Iraq.



Summary: First, Michele Bachmann testified that God told her to run for Congress. Then she said she would run for president if called by God. And now, she claims Democrats want to take her down because they fear she could become the first woman president of the United States. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on Primary Election Day, the 57th day of his campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination as House of Representatives candidate in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, Aubrey Immelman called on 6th District citizens to exercise their right to vote and featured some photos chronicling his final campaign swing through the Sixth District the previous day, down the I-94 / Highway 10 corridor from St. Cloud to Blaine.


Aug 22nd, 2009

Summary: Politico reports that Charlie Cook has sent out a special update to Cook Political Report in which he envisions a scenario in which Democratic House losses could exceed 20 seats in 2010. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on the 39th day of his campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination as House of Representatives candidate in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, Aubrey Immelman started his second walking tour — a 50-mile campaign swing down Minnesota Highway 23 from Foley in the east through St. Cloud, Waite Park, Rockville, Cold Spring, and Richmond to Paynesville on the western boundary of the Sixth Congressional District.



Summary: Book review of Bill Prendergast’s illustrated history of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s political career in comic book format, titled “False Witness! The Michele Bachmann Story.”