Well what do you know, self-interest trumps the ignorant rantings of a right-wing loony. I guess all the conspiracy theories melted in the face of the prospect of losing her seat:
For those of you missed it, this is one of our articles today that I really got a kick out of. Why has Michele Bachmann suddenly gone mum on bashing the census and telling people not to participate? It turns out that Minnesota is right on the cusp of losing one of its House seats. And the most logical outcome of an undercount of state residents would be to eliminate Bachmann's seat in Congress. Self-interest, all-powerful, can even defeat the Crazy …
Maybe progressives should encourage wingnuts everywhere to ignore the census, that should impact wingnut heavy states and make them lose seats. 
