Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

If Michele Bachmann Is a Crook, So Is Barack Obama

I'm not naturally inclined to sympathy toward Republican Representative Michele Bachmann. She is aÂ demagogue. She is aÂ loon.

September 6, 2013 at 9:02 PM UTC

By Francis Wilkinson

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

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I'm not naturally inclined to sympathy toward Republican Representative Michele Bachmann. She is a demagogue. She is a loon. And as much as any individual, she has made a sizable contribution to the dumbing down and degradation of a once-great political party.

Today, the New York Times reports that she is also the subject of a federal investigation into whether an independent super-PAC coordinated with her 2012 presidential campaign, in violation of election laws: