BACHMANN REPLIES – AT 3:52 A.M. ET:  Michele Bachmann has rapidly and properly replied to a story circulating that she suffers stress-related issues that have impacted her ability to work.  (Please see the post just below).   Her written statement:

"Like nearly 30 million other Americans, I experience migraines that are easily controlled with medication. I am a wife, a mother, a lawyer who worked her way through law school, a former state senator who achieved the repeal of a harmful piece of education policy in Minnesota, and a congresswoman who has worked tirelessly fighting against the expansion of government and wasteful spending. Since entering the campaign, I have maintained a full schedule between my duties as a congresswoman and as a presidential candidate traveling across the nation to meet with voters in the key, early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. I have prescribed medication that I take whenever symptoms arise and they keep the migraines under control. Let me be abundantly clear - my ability to function effectively has never been impeded by migraines and will not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief.

"The many questions I have received on this subject have allowed me to discuss this important condition that impacts individuals in nearly one in four households. However, as a presidential candidate and office holder, I am focused on performing my job, which has never been more important given the state of our economy and the millions of Americans that are out of work. While I appreciate the concern for me and my health, the greater concern should be the debate that is occurring in Washington over whether or not we will increase our debt, spending and taxes."

COMMENT:  Well said, but the issue won't go away.  The same biased press that refused to ask Barack Obama a single question about his health, the same press that looked the other way when Obama, when running for president, released only a laughable summary of his medical status, will pursue the Bachmann story further in a naked attempt to Palinize her.  I can just see the grim-faced panels on CNN as they "analyze" Bachmann's mental state. 

On another note, I may have been a bit unclear in saying, below, that Bachmann has to deal with this immediately.  A physician-reader has taken me to task believing that I meant she had to deal with the migraines.  No, I meant that she has to deal with the political fallout from the issue.  I would never presume to make a medical assessment.  I was not sufficiently precise, and the fault is mine.

July 19, 2011