Beyond Migraine-Mania

Michele Bachmann's backers hope a doctor's note will put a cap on the curious migraine issue. But in the New Republic, Ed Kilgore makes a good case that it's about to get a lot rougher for the fringer-turned-frontrunner:

But now that Bachmann is the real deal, her candidacy is about to endure its toughest moments yet-including intensified scrutiny of her background and character (which is already very much under way), unrealistic expectations for her candidacy, a possible existential threat from Governor Rick Perry, and GOP elite misgivings about her electability. In the coming months, this multi-faceted stress test might just send her back to obscurity well before the first delegate-selection events in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina even take place.

One must-read link in the piece

is this article on Bachmann's legal background and ties to "reconstructionist" theocracy.