The Newsweek Bachmann cover: Ruth Marcus is unimpressed

TEA PARTY QUEEN: Michele Bachmann on the cover of Newsweek.

AN INJUSTICE, SOME ARGUE: Well, Ruth Marcus does, anyway. "This was a photo that made Bachmann look especially deranged. It reminded me of those open-mouthed shots of Hillary Clinton that right-wing Web sites use to make her look more like the Madwoman of Chaillot than secretary of state." True, indeed.