The love the her in the Hawkeye state:

Bachmann, in birth town of Waterloo, gives preview of presidential speech

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“I like her willingness to speak out and not be afraid,” said Mark Wikner, 69, a retired engineer from the John Deere plant that is a top employer here. “Every time I hear her, she’s very articulate on the issues and she recognizes we have a huge debt and we’ve got to do something about it.”

Bachmann showed a different side from that of a bomb-throwing critic of President Obama that has made her a mainstay of cable news shows. While she took a few jabs at the White House, she cracked a few jokes and lingered more on the positive. She spoke about restoring the country to its former glory, exemplified by the values of the heartland and the culture that prevailed when she was growing up here.

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Yup, pretty much a straight latter-day “revanchist”.