Contrary to rant, Bachmann's district projected to benefit most from job creation bill

Yesterday, we posted information from a White House press release which linked to job creation projections on a congressional district level.  Meanwhile, bloggers around the country--most notably the Washington Monthly and Huffington Post, took a closer look at a Ken Avidor audio clip of Sixth District Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on her latest ranting points.

The now-famous clip:

Steve Benen at Washington Monthly picked out the gems, including this one:

the recovery package is part of a Democratic conspiracy to "direct" funding away from Republican districts, so Democratic districts can "suck up" all federal funds. Bachmann doesn't think this will work because, as she put it, "We're running out of rich people in this country."

The zany "running out of rich people" quip has attracted most of the attention, but we'd like to look at the first part of that assertion: that recovery money is going to be pulled from Republican districts and funneled to Democratic ones. 

For Minnesota, this seems bass ackwards if the adimnistration figures are accurate.  Here are those job creation projections for congressional districts in the North Star state, with an added emphasis on the figures for Bachmann's own district:

Minnesota                                     66,000

Congressional District 1 Minnesota     7,800
Congressional District 2 Minnesota     9,200
Congressional District 3 Minnesota     8,300
Congressional District 4 Minnesota     7,700
Congressional District 5 Minnesota     7,900
Congressional District 6 Minnesota     9,500
Congressional District 7 Minnesota     7,500
Congressional District 8 Minnesota     8,100

Bachmann's own district is projected to benefit most of any district in Minnesota under the recovery bill. Enough said.

The clip was originally posted by the blog Dump Bachmann and picked up by the MN Progressive Project,  It looks like--recovery bill or not--Missy Bachmann's wild stylings will continue to help foster an online cottage industry.

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FYI : The lead news question on this week's broadcast did not highlight which MN District would receive the most dollars, but was a quote from the Congresswoman. The national media may not care about Minnesota's split, but they panelists had a lot of fun at Bachmann's expense for her concern for the nation's future with her observation “We’re running out of rich people in this country."

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