ED ROLLINS RETURNS
Veteran Republican political operative Ed Rollins is being brought in to advise Bill Simon's uphill campaign against California's Democratic Gov. Gray Davis.
The political career of Rollins, a native Californian, peaked in 1984 when he managed President Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign. He angered Republican regulars in 1992 when he briefly ran Ross Perot's presidential campaign before being dismissed by the candidate. Sal Russo, a Sacramento-based campaign consultant working for Simon, was associated with Rollins in his Perot endeavor.
A footnote: Gerald Parsky, President Bush's chief political agent in California, last week was instrumental in placing an ally, John Peschong, as Simon's campaign manager. But Parsky definitely was not involved in hiring Rollins.
Was Peschong Parsky's 'MOLE', and was he one of those let go this week? Moves in the 'right' direction-started 2 months ago.