A new web video from the Democratic National Committee really illustrates what we've been saying here at ABM for a long time, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin represent, as MN GOP hack Michael Brodkorb calls it "the Republican Gold Standard."

Unfortunately for a party trying to recover from a slew of high-level resignations following a $2,000 expenditure at a bondage-themed night club in West Hollywood, the "Republican Gold Standard" is an extreme brand of politics that just isn't working for Minnesota families.

And it doesn't look like the Minnesota Republican Party is going to be backing off from the fringes just yet, Politics in Minnesota recently wrote about the great lengths to court Tea Party Patriots. Yes, these Tea Party Patriots.

Watch the DNC web video below.. and check back later today for ABM's own video.

"[It's] under the guise of quote, volunteerism, but it's not volunteers at all. It's paying people to do work on behalf of government. There are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people get trained in the philosophy the government puts forward and then they have to go work in these politically correct forums.

"As a parent, I would have a very, very difficult time seeing my children do this."

Well, the last application deadline was in February and successful candidates were notified within two months. So when Rep. Bachmann went on the air with her negative comments, she certainly would have known that Harrison had applied for Teach for America, if not that he had been accepted. It seems Bachmann has no choice but to see her child do this, as he obviously does not share her concerns.

This is just another example of Michele Bachmann’s nonsense. For more on that, watch the ABM ad below:

Ironically, this will mark the first year that Teach for America will be in Minnesota. According to WCCO, Minnesota has one of the highest achievement gaps in the country, which is why TFA will be expanding into the Twin Cities. Teach for America operates in 34 communities across the country. Although TFA would not disclose where Harrison Bachmann would be teaching, how delicious would it be if he were teaching right here in Minnesota? To learn more about Teach for America head over to their website.

Not only has Bachmann’s son joined the government’s brainwashing program, but TPMDC wonders whether she has an even greater disaster on her hands: the possibility that one of her children will now completely fill out the family’s Census form.

Three Republican members of Congress have written a letter to Michelle Bachmann calling her boycott of the census "illogical, illegal, and not in the best interest of our country."

Every elected representative in this country should feel a responsibility to encourage full participation in the census. To do otherwise is to advocate for a smaller share of federal funding for our constituents. Boycotting the constitutionally-mandated census is illogical, illegal and not in the best interest of our country.

According to Roll Call, the three Republicans "approached Bachmann privately over the past few weeks and asked her to stop the boycott" and “decided to go public because Bachmann appeared unfazed by their request." In addition to meetings with her colleagues, Bachmann has already been briefed by Census officials, who have been trying to understand the source of her fear-mongering.

If she's not up to the task of filling out her own census form, as required by law, she can always turn to the folks over at Third Coast Reasearch, who have taken it upon themselves to fill out the form for her using information in the public domain. Although they were able to find answers to a majority of the census questions, they couldn't determine whether Bachmann is selling agricultural products out of her home, the state of her mental health, the amount she spends on gas, or her ancestry.

(h/t ScienceBlogs)