Bush & Company

Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota's sixth Congressional district and Sarah Palin have so much in common: a shared allegiance to the Tea Party movement, ego, indifference to the truth and a preoccupation with guns and God.

Back in 2010, they began to hold joint rallies and fundraisers.

Now, though, it looks as if the two could become rivals for the 2012 presidential nomination. Quo vadis, Sarah and quo vadis, Michelle? Could this be how your association ends?

The two were once the best of friends---
In no time they were on a par,
The rising Minnesota star
And Sarah---maybe they still are.

What's obvious is that a lot
In common is the thing they've got:
Ego, ignorance and guns
Are some of the important ones,

But best not to forget that God
Has both these politicians awed,
While rounding out their partnership---
A penchant to shoot from the hip;

But soon, alas, the acid test
When both are on the self-same quest;
A race to steal each other's votes
Could set them at each other's throats.

Unholy unions often end
When two compeers come to contend.

Will that be how this friendship ends?