18,000 donors from across the country contributing on average $40 dollars may change the outcome of this election.

The ‘Far lefts’ have generously donated online to Democratic opposition Elwyn Tinklenberg after Bachmann went on ‘Hardball’ with Chris Matthews and was coerced into admitting she felt a link between Obama and Anti-Americanism.  Since the Bachmann made the Anti-American comments in a seven-minute appearance on MSNBC's "Hardball" on Friday, Tinklenberg has money pouring into his website.

By and far the largest impact the Internet has had on the 2008 election is the ability to fundraise, with liberals being the most aggressive in their online donations.  Now, the Internet as a fundraising tool has trickled down to local campaigns, recently benefiting one Minnesota Democratic candidate in particular.

The Washington Post reports: “The backlash from Bachmann's remarks gave Tinklenberg enough donations to quadruple his television advertising, prompted the nonpartisan Cook Political Report to flip its take on the race from "likely Republican" to "tossup" and inspired a Republican who lost to Bachmann in the party's primary to launch a write-in campaign.”

Adding insult to injury, the National Republican Congressional Committee has cancelled $50,000 dollars worth of TV advertising for Bachmann and has decided to completely pull funding from the Minnesota 6th Congressional District race.

Rep. Michele Bachmann said in a press conference Tuesday, "I did not, nor do I, question Barack Obama's patriotism. I didn't say that Barack Obama was anti-American nor do I believe that Barack Obama is anti-American."