La Grand Dame—Ready for Her Close-Up: Consider Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., as a somewhat self-appointed proxy for the hard-liners inside and outside of the House Republican Conference. But Bachmann's ability to influence the debate due to her cable-friendly media presence—which greatly outdistances her clout within the GOP conference—prove to be an effective sales outlet to a certain customer base for the fiscal 2012 budget plan. Bachmann memorably provided a supplementary and competing response to Ryan’s response to this year’s State of the Union address. Bachmann’s criticisms of the Ryan proposal could also make it seem more mainstream.
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