In the first fundraising quarter of 2011, Michelle Bachmann brought in a combined $2.2 million between her Congressional re-election campaign and her leadership PAC. Mitt Romney, by comparison, only pulled in $1.9 million.
Bachmann was also the top fundraiser of any Congressional candidate in the country last cycle, raising $13.5 million.
While Mitt has been holding back his fundraising to allow for a headline-setting haul for the second quarter, when he is expected to announced his Presidential campaign, the fact that Bachmann outraised him is “sure to roil the early presidential-watching, as the Minnesota congresswoman gears up for a likely run for the White House in 2012,” according to Politico.
Bachmann, as we pointed out a week before Pols and HuffPo got around to reporting on it, was the runner-up at the straw poll at the Centennial dinner, a fundraiser for the Colorado Republican Party.
As Politico mentioned, Bachmann is beginning to get a lot more attention in the conservative grassroots community now that it appears Sarah Palin is less likely to run.
This leads us to wonder — will Bachmann be the choice of the grassroots in the 2012 Presidential primary?
One potential curveball to consider as longshot presidential aspirants jockey to become the grassroots choice: freshman Senator Rand Paul made the trek to Iowa this weekend.
Maybe he's hoping that for the second cycle in a row, the American people are primed for a new face in the form of a freshman Senator, only this time a Republican.
Sarah Palin – Evangelical Lunatic with flat head baby.
(If she’ll knowingly birth a down-syndrome child and expose it to a life of misery, what would she do to the sheeple she doesn’t like?)
John McCain – How many times did he lose?
(Just tell the American people: “Anyone who makes less than 5million a year is middle class. Or you could say: “what’s wrong with the economy?”)
Mitt Romney – Ran test phase for Obamacare .
Chris Christie – Fat disgusting RINO pig.
Marco Rubio – How to you say Cocaine and Hookers in Spanish?
If Bachmann is the nominee, Republicans can kiss the White House goodbye. She’s Sarah Palin Lite.
What’s wrong with Bachmann? She’s a tax attorney, she’s got a lot of experience, she’s successful, and she’s charitable. I think she’d be a great President!