Michele Bachmann is reportedly getting ready to announce her campaign for president in 2012. Because she is an idiot, she will make her announcement in, I swear I am not making this up, "Waterloo, Iowa, the city where the Minnesota congresswoman was born." Because Waterloo is a place for beginnings! And Sarah Palin is getting ready for her batshit tour of the Northeast. She's even got a video:

Everyone in the political media is excited about this potential Palin/Bachmann matchup. Politico just ran a huge, drool-soaked story about the very idea of it. And they've already got some juicy quotes.

Palin “doesn’t seem like a credible candidate,” said Iowa state Senator Kent Sorenson, who will reportedly serve as Bachmann’s political director in the state. He said he thought Bachmann would beat Palin there head-to-head if need be. “She has not made any inroads at all to people in Iowa.”

Bachmann strategist Guy Short told POLITICO Thursday: “I haven’t put any thought into what Mrs. Palin’s doing.”

Bachmann’s flood of fundraising email this week, meanwhile, was met with irritation by the online supporters who compose Palin’s semi-official political operation.

“Way to win [people] over Michele. Bug the crap out of them at work,” wrote Stacy Drake, a blogger at Conservatives4Palin, hub of Palin’s online support.

“I’ve unsubscribed to your email list TWICE,” tweeted the founder of Palin Promotions, a grassroots support group, Martha Cano, adding, “#Notinterested.”

Snap! She even used a hashtag as a secondary, ironic voice. This means war! That said, it's important to note that Palin hasn't yet resigned from her job at Fox News, and Fox News hasn't asked her to leave yet. Before she makes any serious overtures to the presidency, she'll have to back down off that platform. I'm not 100% convinced she's not just fucking with us again; if she leaves Fox, she's serious about running. Along with every other political blogger and Democrat on the planet, I really hope she's serious about running.