The Tea Party Queen Demands Respect

摘要

House Republicans had just trounced Democrats in the midterm elections, and Representative Michele Bachmann was already at it again. The Minnesota Republican said in a Nov. 3 CNN interview that President Barack Obama's 10-day trip to Asia was costing taxpayers $200 million a day, an example of "over-the-top spending." It was the kind of shoot-from-the-mouth statement that has made Bachmann, a tax lawyer, anti-abortion activist, and Tea Party Caucus founder, famous-and her fellow Republicans cringe.