Have you thanked Michelle Bachmann for cheaper gas yet?

[charlie]

According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), the nationwide average for a gallon of gas has fallen to $2.50 a gallon, which is a 19-month low. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has two simple explanations for the drop: offshore drilling and her own magical influence over the price of gas.

As the Minnesota Independent reported, “In an Oct. 29 campaign event with Norm Coleman, Bachmann took credit for gas prices that in her district were $2.04 a gallon.” “That was my goal. When I started out early this year, my goal was to get to $2 — oh they gave me grief for it,” she said.

Meanwhile, on her Townhall blog Bachmann wrote:

What happened the past few months to lower the cost of gas? Several things, but perhaps most importantly, Congress has let the ban on offshore oil exploration and oil shale expire, sending a signal to the markets that the United States may finally be ready to up their supply.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/11/01/bachmann-gas-prices/

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Isn't this Bachmann monster up for reelection? And what's going on?

Anyone know?

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

2. Why, yes, she is. Tinklenberg has been giving her a good race.

The polls I've seen were 46-45 Bachmann, but those numbers are from last week. I'm sure someone around here has some more detailed information on that particular race.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. Oh man. I hope the monster freak loses. nt

[Suich]

4. Thanks to her appearance on Hardball,

her opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg, raised a whole lot of $$$, close to a million, I think. Last I heard, he had inched ahead of her in the polls by a point or two, but I haven't heard anything in the last week or so.

Maybe someone from Minnesota has more recent info.

She's really awful, isn't she?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. She's a psycho-freak, and I'm trying to be complimentary. nt

[Solly Mack]

3. No - but as soon as the post office begins delivery to her world

I'll drop her a get well eventually card.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Norm Coleman, Bachmann

What a freakin' crew!

[LeftishBrit]

6. Well, she is certainly a gasbag