There has been a lot of hand wringing about, "How in the world could Minnesota elect Michelle Bachmann?" Look, I hate Michelle Bachmann and all she stands for, but let's get a little perspective here.
First of all -- she is the incumbent, so some people in her district already once voted for her. Second, pre-Hardball she was actually a big GOP national campaign surrogate for McCain. She was on the air all of the time! Obviously the GOP felt her district was so safe that she could waste time saying stupid thing on TV.
Third, once Tinklenberg was in play, Bachmann loaded the air with commercials accusing him of past corruption. These ads were never directly answered by any TV ads that I saw.
But the key reason the Katherine Harris wannabe won? Do the math:
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