Low profile for GOP congresswoman? Not exactly

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has done anything but keep a low profile this Congress, making a series of controversial comments that have attracted attention on both sides of the aisle.

In recent weeks, Bachmann has described herself as “a foreign correspondent on enemy lines” letting Americans know about “nefarious activities” in Washington, while later calling on citizens to “rise up” in an “orderly revolution” against the government, which she alleges taxes too much.

{mosads}The comments are consistent with the lawmaker who suggested last fall that the media should investigate Congress for “anti-American” members in its midst.

After that remark almost endangered her reelection bid against Democrat El Tinklenberg, Bachmann told The Hill that she would try to stay more on message, and that she tried to be more selective with interviews.

She said of Obama: “I look forward to working with him and I would expect to be as friendly as I would be to [any president].”

Her public statements in recent weeks have even prompted her to defend herself.

 “I have experienced that throughout my political career, being labeled a kook,” she said during an appearance on conservative talk show host Glenn Beck’s radio show. “This is not Michele Bachmann being a kook.”

Her high profile has also been a springboard for pushing conservative causes in Congress.

This past week, Bachmann introduced a bill seeking to ensure the U.S. dollar would not be replaced by a multinational currency, a bill which has attracted 29 cosponsors so far.

Bachmann’s office was flooded with calls of support in the last half of this week, with everyone from interns to the office’s chief of staff answering phones, a member of Bachmann’s staff said.

“It’s all about shooting the messenger,” Bachmann said of her most recent activities Friday night on Sean Hannity’s television show. “This has then kind of put me in the crosshairs, but that’s why Americans sort of have to suit up and realize what’s at stake right now.”