House majority leader says Ryan, not Bachmann speaks for the GOP

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/24/house-majority-leader-says-ryan-not-bachmann-speaks-for-the-gop/

There may be two House Republicans giving high-profile responses to President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, but House Majority Leader Eric Cantor made it clear that it's the new House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, not Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann, who is speaking for the GOP.

"Paul Ryan is giving the official response," Cantor said when asked at his weekly session with reporters if Bachmann's response will step on the GOP message.

After House Speaker John Boehner and Senator GOP Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Friday that Ryan would deliver the GOP response, the Tea Party Express put out word that Rep. Bachmann would also be commenting on the President's speech and they would broadcast her remarks on their website. On Monday, her office welcomed network television coverage of her speech, which will be delivered from the Capitol Hill Club, just steps away from the U.S. Capitol campus.

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Pressed by CNN that unlike most other members of Congress, Bachmann's remarks were expected to receive similar televised coverage as Ryan's official response, Cantor laughed, and asked, "Then maybe I should ask why is that the case?"

[Hannah Bell]

1. good response. why did cnn ask such a stupid question when presumably it's

their decision to cover bachmann's gibberish?

[indypaul]

2. And the circular firing squads form

Don't you just love watching them?

[Iggo]

3. 'Ya gotta admit that's a good question, Burt'

[Drale]

4. Thanks to Conservation and the rest of the M$M

everyone crazy person who has an idea speaks for the GOP these days.

[Statistical]

5. The stupidity of CNN.

"Pressed by CNN that unlike most other members of Congress, Bachmann's remarks were expected to receive similar televised coverage as Ryan's official response, Cantor laughed, and asked, "Then maybe I should ask why is that the case?"

The GOP says Person X is not the official spokesperson. The media including CNN decides to cover the remarks of person X. The GOP says person X is still not the official spokepersons. The media response is "look how much the media is covering person X".

I mean it would be funny if it was an SNL skit but this is real life.

[DCKit]

6. But Bachmann's speach is guranteed to be wayyyyy more fun(nier).

Every time I see her on CSPAN, I expect to see bats circling her head.