The questions asked at the Towb Hall meeting and quoted in the article were hard, but they deserved good answers. Sounds like the performance of the Congressman was less than steller, but very much like his performance in congress: vague, sometimes incoherant because he is not on point and following whatever the party line is. Never mind that it is more important to do what the party thinks rather than do what the people who are sort of represented think.

Guess what! Even if the government shuts down the Legislators still want to be paid. Regardless of whether the funds to do so come from a "savings account" or directly from tax revenue, tax payers paid for it. A shutdown will be hugely painful and I hope it does not happen. But members of the Legislature do not get to say "Kings X - doesn't apply to me" Somehow. I think we are all in this together. I truly hope that if there are any grownups involved in this, prevail and there will be...

Too bad Pawlenty doesn't get it. Calling yourself a moderate doesn't make you one. The center is where most people are: Repblicans, Democrats and Independents. It is irresponsible not to realize that a good idea or approach is neither R nor D nor I; if it needs fixing, and most do, fix it do not. And by fix it I mean be make it better. Pawlenty is almost c ompletely irresponsible; he has no awareness that his policies are a major turn away from the center. Maybe Vin Weber does; my jury...

How come your're so reasonable, when Bachman clearly is not. And how come you "give credance" to her inflammatory remarks by recouting what she said then debunking them rather than the other way around. Surely you are a clever enough journalist to give the "debunking" first, and then what was said to cause that.

Also I agree with Karlson that she is lying, and while I know that laws exit probhiting suggesting that she is lying, but misleading is such a wimpy word. It is not match...