With Michele Bachmann’s surge comes fresh scrutiny

It is about time that she gets some real questions. I can only hope that this continues as the race heats up. I hope she gets treated just like all the other candidates. She keeps telling us that she knows about creating jobs. She needs to start telling us how she would create jobs.

In the race for the White House, Michele Bachmann is surging. A new Iowa poll, the first snapshot in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, found Bachmann statistically tied with front-runner Mitt Romney among likely Republican caucus-goers there.

Yet on Sunday, a day before Bachmann was to formally launch her campaign in her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa, the Minnesota congresswoman faced the kind of scrutiny that comes to any leading presidential contender.

On “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace quizzed Bachmann on a series of apparent inconsistencies in her legislative record and personal background — from Medicare to government subsidies and earmarks to her opposition to same-sex marriage.

Then, as he wrapped up the interview, Wallace asked her: “Are you a flake?”

“I think that would be insulting to say something like that because I’m a serious person,” Bachmann retorted.

In the face of sharp questioning from Wallace, Bachmann appeared steely and calm, noting that she has “a titanium spine.”

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