June 22, 2011 07:21 PM UTC

Michele Bachmann--For Real? No? What Gives?

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• by: Colorado Pols

It could be a statement on the quality (or lack thereof) of the 2012 GOP field that, as the Iowa Independent reports, Rep. Michele Bachmann is now beating out frontrunners like Mitt Romney in opinion polls–even as those same primary voters don’t expect her to win.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann led the pack for the first time in a Zogby poll of Republican primary voters released on Tuesday. Her presidential campaign appeared to get a jolt from last Monday’s successful GOP debate, and the new poll reflects a surge for the congresswoman whose official campaign is a week old.

In the poll, the Minnesota Republican got 24 percent of the vote, ahead of Herman Cain and Mitt Romney, who each got 15 percent, the Washington Times reports.

Though Bachmann is well liked among Republican primary voters, they don’t expect her to get the nomination. [Pols emphasis] Only 7 percent predicted she would win, while Romney – who has led most polls – is predicted by 37 percent of GOP voters to win the nomination.

In Colorado, Bachmann enjoys similar enthusiasm. A poll follows: why is there so much “support” for Bachmann if so few in her base think she can actually win? Unseriousness? Waiting for the real candidate? The best analogy on the Democratic side we can think of would be Dennis Kucinich leading a primary poll–we’re pretty sure that’s never happened.

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