Why does it feel weird; because a woman has never led this country, because Bachmann is a woman, or because you fear she will do a better job than a man? It's not just a man's world anymore. I could stop here and tell you a story of an upset carpenter who took my husband aside, about two months ago, and remarked about me, "She's a woman and doesn't know what she is talking about." The man didn't know he was working from blueprints that I had drawn until my husband tore into him.
During a 1973 television appearance, Margaret Thatcher was quoted as saying, "I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime." She proved herself wrong and made history in May 1979 when she was appointed Britian's first female Prime Minister. She must have done something right because she served from 1979 to 1990 as Prime Minister of England.
I agree with you about Bachmann; she seems to be focused and I hope she won't be distracted by cheap shots and mud slinging.