Senator Michele Bachman (R, Minn) announcement today that she planned to re-register as a Democrat, has sent the Democratic leadership into crisis mode

"Arlen Specter was one thing," said Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D, Nev). "Having Bachman on our side has me thinking of going Libertarian."

Bachman, who's been known to challenge sanity said she "saw the writing on the wall," literally.

"When I woke up this morning I found that someone had scrawled, 'Arlen makes a lot of sense,' on my bedroom wall and it looked a lot like Mitch's (Senate Minority Leader McConnell) handwriting."

While McConnell (R,Ky) wouldn't confirm the scrawling, he did say that losing Bachman is the least of his worries.

"With Norm (Coleman) losing to Franken, Arlen going turncoat and only 21% of people polled identifying themselves as Republicans, I was thinking of heading over there myself," said McConnell. "Michelle has always danced to her own song. Unfortunately, the song is 'They're Coming To Take Me Away'."



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