Watching all of the male conservative candidates chest thump that they are indeed the REAL conservative in the group is getting a bit exhausting. So we were delighted to hear from the only woman to run this year. And though she was the first to bow out--and bow out gracefully--no one doubts her conservative bonafides.
Here is Congresswoamn Michele Bachmann at the Republican National Convention in 2008, introducing Newt Gingrich.
It doesn't get much better than this.