Michele Bachmann

On Day Of 2012 Kick-Off, It's Michele Bachmann Vs. Fox News (VIDEO)

Evan McMorris-Santoro | June 27, 2011, 9:26AM

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is set to throw her hat in the presidential ring in Iowa this morning. In the hours before she does, she's engaged in a tussle with Fox News Sunday Chris Wallace that's riled up her base and made Fox do something it rarely does: apologize.

Perhaps mindful of the buzz the story is giving her campaign, Bachmann refused to accept the apology in her first television interview about the controversy. That puts Fox in a new and different position: battling with one of conservatism's brightest stars.

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Tim Pawlenty

Fox's Chris Wallace Hammers Pawlenty On His Rosy Budget Plan (VIDEO)

Jon Terbush | June 13, 2011, 12:15PM

Fox News' Chris Wallace stepped up the skepticism of Tim Pawlenty's wildly optimistic economic plan on Sunday, asking the former governor how he would achieve his goals, and whether his proposed deep tax cuts would, "blow a hole in the national deficit."

In a nearly half hour interview, Wallace repeatedly pressed Pawlenty to explain how he would accomplish the unprecedented decade of 5% annual growth he claims his policies would spark. At each turn, Pawlenty remained vague on the details of how exactly he'd do that, instead deferring to broad criticisms of President Obama.

"Well, this is an aspiration," Pawlenty said when asked when in history the economy had ever grown so robustly. "It's a big goal, and it's a stretch goal."

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