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Rollins slap at Palin shows Bachmann isn’t afraid of a fight (Oh, brother!)
The Washington Post ^ | June 9, 2011 | Jonathan Capehart

Posted on 06/09/2011 12:09:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The squabble between Sarah Palin’s peeps and those of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is quite entertaining. Not that we didn’t see this coming. Months ago, Bachmann bumped Palin as Tea Party queen. But now that Bachmann is this close to jumping into the race for the Republican nomination for president — and Palin is pretending to think about doing same but we all know she won’t — the gloves are coming off in earnest.

Jennifer Rubin raises some good points about the wisdom of Bachmann hiring Ed Rollins. “She’s fresh; he’s not,” Rubin writes. “She’s anti-Beltway; he personifies it. She’s disciplined; and he’s shown he’s not.” And Rubin points out why Rollins’s slam of Palin as “not serious” might not have been the smartest move.

This was dumb on multiple levels including (in no particular order): 1) it took the focus off his boss; 2) it will offend voters who are Bachmann’s natural constituency; and 3) it plays into the sexist “Palin v. Bachmann!” match-up that his boss has tried to downplay.

But here’s why an attack on Palin is a safe and potentially beneficial move on Bachmann’s part.

(CHART AT LINK)

As the Pollster.com graph shows, Palin’s national political standing has been all downhill since her splashy debut in September 2008. The latest Post-ABC News poll, released this week, only adds to Palin’s negative momentum:

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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: bachmann; bachmann4romney; benedictbachmann; childishbachmann; idiotbachmann; michelebachmann; palin; rinobachmann; rinoromney; rollins4romney; romney4soros; romneydirtytrick; romneymanipulation; sarahpalin; stenchofromney; stupidbachmann
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, it’s Capeheart. He’s a socialist. No one with a mind, cares what this person writes.


21 posted on 06/09/2011 12:29:35 PM PDT by RexBeach
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The message sent to Bachmann should be: You're fighting the wrong person (stupid). Palin is not the problem (stupid).
22 posted on 06/09/2011 12:45:27 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman ("...; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,... "Hosea 4:6)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rollins attack against Palin means he thinks she’s the only one that can raise his clients profile by attacking.


23 posted on 06/09/2011 12:56:52 PM PDT by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’d say the best way to handle the Bachmann problem is to completely ignore it. Just go on with business as though it doesn’t exist.


24 posted on 06/09/2011 1:21:49 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (According to PDSers, anyone who doesn't hate Palin must be a Palin worshipper.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Capehart! A light-in-the-loafers lib puke machine. Don’t these pukes ever give it a rest? What an imbecile!


25 posted on 06/09/2011 1:52:04 PM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: GoCards
Oh and by the way, Bachmans mailbox has been full for 2 days.

One of the messages is mine!

26 posted on 06/09/2011 1:56:54 PM PDT by JaguarXKE
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m looking for a candidate who is not afraid to fight the media, the far left fringe, and especially the anti-American communist in our White House.


27 posted on 06/09/2011 4:53:03 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have no opinion of Bachman one way or another. I think less of her for having chosen Rollins because I have never thought much of him. He’s simply a “pro” who has worked campaigns for people in the GOP. I don’t know that there’s anything particularly Conservative about him.


28 posted on 06/09/2011 5:01:52 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Michelle Bachmann makes me sick!!!


29 posted on 06/09/2011 8:14:04 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT...PALIN/HOLTZ 2012)
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To: eCSMaster

Capehart is a homo fag


30 posted on 06/09/2011 8:16:30 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT...PALIN/HOLTZ 2012)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bachmann = Romney.


31 posted on 06/09/2011 8:17:49 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: Bigtigermike

MB is simply white trash at this point


32 posted on 06/09/2011 8:18:03 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT...PALIN/HOLTZ 2012)
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To: Friendofgeorge

When I see her on tv I just cringe.


33 posted on 06/09/2011 8:20:34 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (SARAH PALIN BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT...PALIN/HOLTZ 2012)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The self-destruction of Michele Bachmann's campaign over the past three days and nights is highly visible and measurable by the change in her Facebook responses and "likes".

I suspect her fundraising figures are showing an equally measurable change, unless somebody with really big dollars promised to make up for the loss.

34 posted on 06/09/2011 8:52:30 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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