It seems to me, having scoped out the political landscape lately, that the louder the mouth and the lower the IQ, the more the GOP rewards you ::coughPALINcough::

“She is a driving force on a cable TV, a provocative and ubiquitous voice in a world where the distinction between personality and power is increasingly blurred. Now, with Republicans poised to retake the House in the new Congress, lawmakers are watching Ms. Bachmann to see if she can harness her status as an uncompromising — and sometimes undisciplined — spokeswoman for conservative principles and turn it into real legislative influence.“

This is the kind of influence they want? Really? Because if Republicans equate a provocative, irrational tea bagger like Bachmann with principled, “adult” representation, then this country is in even deeper trouble than we thought:

H/t: Taegan