You Cannot Stop The Bachmanniac, You Can Only Hope To Contain Her

Turns out privately, House Republicans Eric Cantor and John Boehner are both a tad worried about Our Gal Shelly.

The Politico reports that House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) are worried about the potential damage to the party's reputation from a certain back-bencher: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).

This paragraph is buried deep within their latest piece on Boehner's efforts to keep up with the GOP base:

Sources say they [Boehner and Cantor] have been especially wary of the possible damage inflicted on the party's reputation by bomb-throwing Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who last fall called for an investigation into whether members of Congress are "pro-America or anti-America."

It's almost like she's everything bad about the GOP rolled into one highly visible stereotypical train wreck. I'd weep for the GOP leadership's plight, but they created this monster.