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Fresh from her victory in the Ames Straw Poll, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) had to defend her positions on government spending and economic policy on Sunday. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Bachmann insisted that her prior eagerness to accept funds from President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill was not in conflict with her vocal criticism of the legislation.
HuffPost's Sam Stein reported last week that Bachmann not only repeatedly sought stimulus funds from federal agencies, but deployed traditional Keynesian economic rationales to justify her requests, claiming that the funds would create jobs and strengthen the economy. Publicly, by contrast, Bachmann has insisted that the stimulus was an act of "overspending" and "fantasy economics" that hurt jobs.
When asked by Fox News' Chris Wallace about this discrepancy, Bachmann claimed there was no conflict.
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She's got bigger problems then that. She is going to have to explain her blank check support of the Bush Administration's massive government growth. The "9-11 changed everything" line probably isn't going to carry water anymore.
She essentially is a candidate with a new paint job. But that paint can be peeled away.
Perry is going to get her on this. It will be just like Obama nailing Hillary. It will be somewhat disingenuous as neither Perry or Obama were in office at the time to take a position to defend, but that's politics.