michele backmann

Olivia Hathaway

Michele Backmann has not officially announced her candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination, but it is expected that in the upcoming speech she has set up in her home town of Anoka, Minnesota.

Mrs. Backmann has represented Minnesota in the U.S. House since 2007. As founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, she has caught the attention of a number of prominent conservative talk show hosts. Dennis Miller said today on his radio program that he found her one of the toughest possible candidates and that if any one could make it through this unscathed and still in their right mind, it would he either Michele Backmann or Sarah Palin. Mrs. Backmann appeals to the pro-private sector federalism of the Tea Party.

Representative Bachmann is a vocal supporter of Israel. In a radio interview with talk show host Michael Medved, she said she spent the summer between her last year of high school and her first year of college in Israel, and has had a love for the country and it's people ever since.

Michele Backmann, according to her congressional candidate website, composed the “REBOUND act,” In which she hopes to reduce the deficit and implement real economic recovery. Mrs. Backmann says that this country needs to pay off its debts, especially those owed to the country. “We need to pay back the bail out money.”

Rep. Backmann has introduced four pieces of legislation to free up our energy reserves and promote alternative forms of energy. These four are: The Emergency Energy Cut the Red Tape Now act, The Fast Track Shale act, the Getting Resources Efficiently and Effectively Now act, and the Promoting New American Energy act. Backmann says these will lead to our country's real energy independence.

Backmann is a very strong supporter of the men and women who fight for our country. One of the ways she hopes to help support them is to improve the GI Bill education benefits.