Gee, who could have possibly guessed that an extremist with dubious mental stability would lose popularity, credibility, and what’s left of her mind?

Remember this?

Michele Bachmann has been named the winner of the Iowa straw poll, taking 4,823 votes out of nearly 17,000 cast.

FYI, Willard Romney came in seventh, with 567 votes. That was then, this is now.

The Hill:

The political career of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), one year after winning the Ames straw poll, seems to be in disarray.

[...] But since then, her political stock has taken major hits and now it is an open question whether she will be invited to speak at the GOP convention next month.

A diverse group of GOP lawmakers, who spoke with The Hill on background, said the 2012 GOP presidential contender’s recent controversy over questions of Muslim Brotherhood infiltration into the U.S. government is a major distraction in this heated election season.

Her former presidential campaign manager, EdRollins, wrote this:

I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me. I have to say that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s outrageous and  false charges against a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin reaches that threshold.

Her unsubstantiated charge against Abedin, a widely respected top aide to Secretary  Hillary Clinton, accusing her of some sort of far-fetched connection to the Muslim brotherhood, is extreme and dishonest.

Having worked for Congressman Bachman’s campaign for president, I am fully aware that she sometimes has difficulty with her facts, but this is downright vicious and reaches the late Senator Joe McCarthy  level… . As a devoted Christian, you need to ask forgiveness for this grievous lack of judgment and reckless behavior.

It’s about time the rest of the country caught up with those of us who saw this coming years ago. Speaking of catching up:

What a difference a year makes.