Bachmann: I Had a Lot to Offer Leadership
The Huffington Post reports:
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) explained recently that there was no lasting resentment between her and other Republicans despite being passed over for a potential leadership position as the GOP Conference Chair, the party's fourth in command in the House.
"It was all good, it's just fine," Bachmann said of the decision by many GOP leaders to stand behind her potential opponent, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas). "I am grateful for the unity we have in the conference."
Bachmann maintained that she had been a viable candidate, but that the necessary support just didn't materialize.
"I thought I had a lot to offer. I'd been an effective speaker on the national and local level on a lot of issues that people really cared about, so I threw my name in the ring when Mike Pence pulled his name out." Bachmann said. "And then it became clear pretty quickly I wasn't the leadership pick, my competition was, and so I made a lot of calls, but it just wasn't going to happen."
