Michele Bachmann Running for Leadership Position

It didn’t take long for the Tea Party to make itself felt in the Republican Party leadership after delivering a historic victory in the midterms. Just hours after taking at least 61 seats in the House, and immediately after Mike Pence withdrew from the position of Conference Chair, Big Government reports that one of the leading lights of the Tea Party movement has thrown her hat into the ring for the #4 position in House Republican leadership:

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Indiana: Pence Leads Bayh, Hostettler Trails by 3

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Survey of 800 Likely Voters
January 21 & 24, 2010

Election 2010: Indiana Senate
John Hostettler (R)	41%
Evan Bayh (D)	44%
Some other candidate	3%
Not sure	12%

Election 2010: Indiana Senate
Mike Pence (R)	47%
Evan Bayh (D)	44%
Some other candidate	3%
Not sure	7%

Election 2010: Indiana Senate
Marlin Stutzman (R)	33%
Evan Bayh (D)	45%
Some other candidate	5%
Not sure	16%

Source: Rasmussen Reports

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