Michele Bachmann's First Big Mistake - Hiring Ed Rollins (Update: Ed double-downs on Palin again)

Legal insurrection ^ | Tuesday June 7, 2011 | William Jacobson

[RMFC]

As soon as I heard Ed was involved I knew she was in trouble. He only does one thing and that’s attack. It doesn’t take any brains or ingenuity to attack look at Democrats. If Bauchman doesn’t get rid of him asap she will be finished by July. Too bad, a Bauchman/Palin ticket would have been hard to beat as would a Cain/Palin or Bauchman ticket

[Elendur]

thanks for posting that Facebook link.

i hope all of her supporters realizes that Rollins opinions about Sarah were known to Bachmann long before she hired him.
...so hiring Rollins shows impossibly poor judgement by her.
especially when Rollins wrote this about Palin 6 months ago!

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/01/rollins.palin/index.html?hpt=T2
Palin, I knew Reagan. You’re no Reagan.
By Ed Rollins, Senior Political Contributor
December 2, 2010 — Updated 0453 GMT (1253 HKT)

[RMFC]

As soon as I heard Ed was involved I knew she was in trouble. He only does one thing and that’s attack. It doesn’t take any brains or ingenuity to attack look at Democrats. If Bachmann doesn’t get rid of him asap she will be finished by July. Too bad, a Bachmann/Palin ticket would have been hard to beat as would a Cain/Palin or Bachmann ticket

[M-cubed]

your post is worth repeating...I'm starting to be convinced that the only difference between Dems and the elitist establishment RINO Pubies is that the Dems race down the tubes quicker..

[Catsrus]

I was never a fan of MB from the get go. I don’t know why, but, there was something about her that didn’t set well with me. Now, I know. She needs to stay in the House and forget any presidential aspirations. She certainly wouldn’t get my vote.

That stupid poll on BOR is just stupid. I think most of his audience is made up of libs anyway.

[Free Vulcan]

No. Michelle needs to win Iowa or she’s toast. To do that she needs Huck’s network. Ed Rollins is the guy that can deliver that.

Unfortunately Rollins has a great deal of baggage. That is fine if you keep that kind of person on a tight leash. Michelle isn’t doing that. She should have told him from the get go to STFU and get her votes, let her handle message and media.

Why she is letting him do interviews is beyond me.

[Mariner]

Also, it's obvious the Establishment GOP has picked Romney and Bachmann's job is to siphon right wing votes from Palin.

Bachmann will be rewarded somehow, someway.

The GOP is hell bent on stopping Palin and they are willing to pull out all stops to do so. George Will opened with the "Daisy Ad" and now Rollins "She not serious and she's a quitter".

What they do not see and recognize is that if they sh!t on Palin, they lose for sure.

From the top of the ticket all the way down to dog catcher. All of them.

At least 50% of the GOP base would stay home. Count on it.

[M-cubed]

Michelle has “Weinered” herself...she made a bad decision and has shot herself in the foot with the Rollins pick....She can fire him and maybe keep 2/3 of her support or keep him and lose 3/4 or more of it...either way...she’s shown herself and stepped on her “Weiner”....

[haircutter]

I called that number and left a message with my phone #..
at 10:13 p.m. I received a return call from a campaign worker who said she has apologized for Mr. Rollins remarks...
has anyone else heard this?

hope that # was legit.

[zerosix]

Good ole' Ed has brought about the demise of more than one hopeful.

Too bad about Kilmeade entertaining a Palin basher (isn't Palin an FNC "contributor"?????)

[haircutter]

I called that number and left a message with my phone #..
at 10:13 p.m. I received a return call from a campaign worker who said she has apologized for Mr. Rollins remarks...
has anyone else heard this?

hope that # was legit.

[haircutter]

excuse the double post..my computer or FR is running veryyyyyyyyyyyy slow tonight!!!
carole

[sand88]

Because she is doing to bidding of someone to make sure that either Palin doesn’t run or is damaged further when she does run.....think about this: Mitt said that he will take it easy until after Labor Day! Hmmm!

I am convinced the slimy Mitt is behind this. Rollins is a unprincipled RINO hack. Romney has likely promised MB the VP slot in exchange for muddying the conservative/Tea Party side.

Bachmann will not get much traction at all. Once Sarah announces, it's over her. Romney is pulling out all the stops trying to bring down Sarah. He will fail.

[tlb]

>>> Michele Bachmann’s First Big Mistake - Hiring Ed Rollins

Oh absolutely. Why would any serious politician want the assistance of people who know politics. Surely o’Donnell’s campaign manager would have been preferable instead.

[ngat]

“Even” Ross Perot?

[ngat]

“Even” Ross Perot?

[Bigtigermike]

Ed Rollins is a loser in campaigns *a kiss of death*....The 84’ Reagan campaign was already leaning in Reagan’s way, so that doesn’t count necessarily for Rollins

[DJ MacWoW]

I just did a search and nothing came up so if she apologized she whispered it.

[Moorings]

Do the damage and apologize later.

[sand88]

If Bachmann is condoning these attacks on Palin, then she's dead to me. I'll never support any Republican that attacks Palin.

Well stated EEE. Sarah is one of us. An attack on Sarah is an attack on regular Americans.

Sarah doesn't have one iota of elitism. The arrogant elitists of both parties know damn well that Sarah is the biggest threat to their parasitic existence.

I am convinced the slimball Mitt is behind this. He and his staff have been plotting since Nov08 the path to power. Mitts knows clearly if he can't take Sarah out, he has no chance.