Bachmann names V.P. picks
(CNN) - She may not be topping polls as a Republican presidential candidate, but Rep. Michele Bachmann has already put some thought into who she might select as her running mate or appoint to her cabinet.
Bachmann threw out a few names Wednesday when asked who her potential vice-president would be, including fellow candidate Rick Santorum, businessman and reality television host Donald Trump, and influential GOP senators Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida.
The congresswoman from Minnesota also floated Santorum as a potential attorney general, saying his legal acumen was top notch.
"I think that Rick Santorum is a wonderful man personally, but also, I think that he's very gifted when it comes to the area of legal issues," Bachmann said on the Fox News program "On the Record w/ Greta van Susteren."
"I think I could see him as an attorney general. I think he'd do a great job. I haven't talked to Rick about that, but I think he'd be wonderful, or another cabinet position."
Bachmann also said Santorum would be on her list of potential running mates, should she win the Republican presidential nomination. Other names on her list?
"We've got a lot of wonderful candidates who would fit that bill," Bachmann said. "Easily comes to mind I think would be Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina. Marco Rubio of Florida certainly would be in that category. There's a lot of great people out there. And Donald Trump is someone that I think a lot of people would be intrigued with, too."
Bachmann has met with Trump four times during her campaign, last meeting with the mogul in mid-November at the Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan.
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You gotta like her spunk. Or not.
Gee, Michelle, why not Pawlenty? or Gingrich? or Jeb Bush? or Beck? or Cantor? My personal favorite for your potential running mate is O'Donnell from Delaware.
@Cecilia You wrote: the republican party is doomed unless they get themselves some adults with some smarts.
I think it's pretty evident by now that this is absolutely the last type of candidate the Reps want.
Donald Trump? Large, blowhard and frankly, not too bright Trump? Why is the GOP treating the highest offices in the land as a joke?
To the proposal of a Bachmann-Trump ticket, Obama can only respond, "Yes, please..."
That would be hilarious
it will never happen. It's like someone wishing to win the powerball jackpot, but with a never as the possibility. She may never win the jackpot, but she is a crackpot.
Bachmann – Trump... Sounds like it would be a good disaster film...
Bachmann and Trump. Will they do anything else but look at themselves in the mirror and fix their hair. Because inside the capsule that the hair grows on is nothing but dead space
She names Trump?
This is exactly the kind of bug eyed crazy talk that lost her the nomination.
Who would keep throwing away millions to support this loon?
Bauchmann is intellectually incapacitated
Oh yes please!!!!! The perfect duo of idiots to beat Obama!
She's is a nutjob,,,
Only Mitch Daniels of Indiana is worthy of the republican nomination..
BASSMAM
You forgot to mention that in the dame breath he referred to the Embassy as that of the United Kingdom – ie BRITAIN – or did you not stick around that long>
Is this the best my beloved GOP can do? All of them are bloody jokes, I'm embarrassed to no end.
Bachman and Trump? Never happen.
stupid is as stupid does. right wing religious fundamentalist, uh, are we in the middle east????
This is the best laugh I've had all week!
Can you imagine any of these combinations? It would be the end of the poor and middle classes and probably the death of the United States. shudder.....
this is a joke right? Bachmann/Trump?
This is all intended to be a big joke, right?
She's just delusional. Ssoon she is going to...reassess her campaign
This from the woman who claims to have the ability to restore $2 per gallon gasoline single-handedly, as though the global economy did not exist or does not matter. So, speculating on running mates and cabinet members seems just a little bit presumptuous, no?
British Embassy, English Embassy, or UK Embassy. What difference does it make? We're talking about the smae people. Conservatives will try to make a mountain out of a molehill unless it is one of their own totally giving out false or incorrect information.
How many conservatives know where the UK is located on a map? How many have even been there?
When I saw this headline, for a moment I though it was April 1st (April fools day) and not December 1st :)