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ICYMI: Michele Bachmann is facing a Congressional ethics probe 

How Can We Resist a Crazy-Eyes Reblog?

Ah, Bachmann. We kinda miss you on the national stage.

David Frum, NewsBeast contributing editor, spots a rather hilarious bumper sticker in South Carolina.

Michele Bachmann is an extremist who spouts weird conspiracy theories, garbles history and foreign policy, and tells untruths with such conviction that she’s less a liar than a denizen of an alterative reality. She burns through staffers and appears to have a megalomaniacal sense of her own destiny. She built her career by demonizing gay people, and even as she touted her passion for liberty, she planned to use the presidency to intrude on the sex lives of American citizens.

Michelle Goldberg, on the Beast, who says it was actually none of the above that did Bachmann in—rather it was the deep-seeded sexism on the Christian right that may be to blame for her downfall in Iowa.

It’s been a pleasure, Michele.

Today in the Cover That Just Won’t Go Away: A Bachmann-Eyezed iPhone app.

By popular demand, now you have the power to Bachmann-eyeze anyone you want. Bachmann-eyeze your brother, your boss, your baby, even yourself with the new Bachmann-eyezed app! Developed by the world’s foremost eye handlers, the super-simple app allows you to choose or take a picture using a handy eye-guide overlay. Just tap a button and any picture becomes Bachmann-eyezed!

[iTunes; via @Bachmanneyezed]

The conventional wisdom is that as a social conservative who was born in the state, Bachmann could well win the Iowa caucuses—though she is likely to falter after that. But the enormous media attention she would attract in the process could make her a wild card, and her gender and sharp tongue virtually guarantee she will stand out in a sea of blandness.

Howard Kurtz on Bachmann, and last night’s GOP debate.