Three House Republicans on the subcommittee overseeing the 2010 Census are asking Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to reverse her decision to boycott the national population count, fearing others will follow her lead.
“Boycotting the constitutionally mandated Census is illogical, illegal and not in the best interest of our country,” Reps. Patrick McHenry (N.C.), Lynn Westmoreland (Ga.) and John Mica (Fla.), members of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Achieves, said in a statement Wednesday.
Fighting the Obama administration is one thing, fighting her fellow Republicans is another. How much longer before a recall petition begins circulating? Meanwhile, Keith Olbermann points out how her fear of the Census could definitely have a negative effect on her political future:
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