michele bachmann saga? not running for re-election next year. yesterday, jim graves who almost beat her last year, drops out of the race. why did he do that? because jim graves running against michele bachmann had a much better chance at winning. michele bachmann facing these investigations into campaign improprieties from her 2012 presidential campaign. her standing was weak. jim graves thought he could beat her, he almost did in 2012. with backman out of the race, this is a district mitt romney won by double digits in 2012 and graves doesn t stand as much of a chance against a run of the mill state republican lawmaker than he did against this firebrand like michele bachmann. what had gone what was a up for grabs district for democrats looks more and more like a seat that republicans can hold on to in 2014.
she won t do one with me. until after the election. she s afraid of the truth. she s running. and i think it s catching up with her, chris. okay. we made her name here. anyway, thank you very much, jim graves running against michele bachmann. nia-malika henderson of washington post.
michele bachmann has about $10 million in the bank. now they are having to run against those very words. back to you, jim. what happened to walter mondale and reasonable people how did they get so far right to think that michele bachmann is the voice of sanity? i think she treds on her base, gets a lot of advertising out there. the people of minnesota understand that she s not representing them and that she does not speak the truth. it s coming around to roost. she s going to lose this election because she can t come up with anything that makes any sense to the people. she doesn t resonate with the folks. it s getting old. she ran for president. she did 15 debates. she wanted to do one with me after the election. she s afraid of the truth, it s running, and i think it s catching up with her, chris. jim graves running against
what happened to minnesota, the country of humphrey and mondale and reasonable people. how did it get so far right to think that michele bachmann was the voice of sanity? she treads on her base, creates a lot of money, she gets a lot of advertising out there. at the end of the day the people of minnesota understands she s not representing them. they understand she doesn t speak the truth. it s coming around to roost. she s going to lose this election because she just can t come up with anything that really makes any sense to the people. she doesn t resonate with the folks. it s getting old. she ran for president. she did 15 debates. she won t do one with me. until after the election. she s afraid of the truth. she s running. and i think it s catching up with her, chris. okay. we made her name here. anyway, thank you very much, jim graves running against michele bachmann. nia-malika henderson of washington post. when we return, let me finish with the new voter photo i.d. law in