BACHMANN TO ADDRESS NATION: Ah, this is a typical thing people do when they are UTTERLY FREAKING OUT about their entire careers: “Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has taped an advertisement apologizing for her televised comments calling Barack Obama anti-American, according to a Republican source familiar with her campaign’s decision.” It is still staggering that this one dingbat appearance on Hardball finally did the trick, after daily doses of such standard Bachmannia for the last two years. [Politico]

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RON PAUL WILL MEET HIS WATERLOO AT THE MEAUX FAMILY’S CRAWFISH BOIL TONIGHT: Pay no attention to the disastrous poll results released today. American hero and CPA Chris Peden will win Texas Congressional District 14 in a landslide as long as everyone attends this vital get-out-the-vote/crawfish-boiling effort in Stowell, Texas. [Chris Peden For Congress]