Posted on 06/07/2011 1:53:00 PM PDT by Graneros
Via the Daily Caller and Politico, if jabs like this are already being thrown before Palin’s even in the race, how brutal will things be in six months when the two of them and Herman Cain are battling for the grassroots vote in Iowa? Good lord.
It’s going to be a long, hot, nasty summer, my friends.
“Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years,” Rollins told Brian Kilmeade on his radio show, Kilmeade and friends. “She got the Vice Presidential thing handed to her, she didn’t go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance, she gave up her governorship.”…
“Michele Bachmann and others [have] worked hard, she has been a leader of the Tea Party which is a very important element here, she has been an attorney, she has done important things with family values.”
“She is probably the best communicator [in the GOP field] now that Mike Huckabee’s not in there,” he said.
That’s from Ben Smith, who describes Rollins as Bachmann’s new “top consultant” even though it sounds from yesterday’s CBS scoop like he’ll actually be managing her campaign. This isn’t the first time Rollins has derided Palin, either; remember this op-ed for CNN in December where he described her as a “gadfly” and told her, “If you want to be a serious presidential candidate, get to work”? At the time, it looked like he was tearing her down in advance of another Huckabee run. Now that Huck’s out, he’s landed with her other chief competitor. I was skeptical of that Politico piece a few weeks ago alleging a quiet feud between the two sides, but Rollins’s comments fit the description of Team Bachmann’s outlook perfectly: “[E]ach camp views the other with a level of suspicion, with some of Palin’s supporters seeing Bachmann as a B-list version of their icon, and some in Bachmann’s camp regarding Palin as a short-timer without Bachmann’s record or tenure.” Which raises the question, did Bachmann hire Rollins in spite of his criticisms of Palin — or because of them?
FUER!
Agree. Ive already called her office and let them know my displeasure of where Ed Rollins is going with this.
What?
I don’t like sleazy politics and this coming from Michele Bachmann is really surprising..I expected different from her, this is her guy..if she has something to say about Sarah she should say it to her face, or say it herself, not have her hired goon do it for her
Isn’t Rollins a RINO operative?
Bachmann has her very own “Steve Schmidt” douche bag!
I used to really think a lot of Bachmann...
I don’t now. If she can’t pick better consultants than this, who’s only job is to insult Governor Palin, I don’t trust Bachmann’s judgement.
I let her office know it too, and no more donations for her.
Did you who agree, let her know?
You betcha! ;>)
Bachmann needs to address this. And soon.
EXACTLY how I feel about Ed Rollins.
ML/NJ
Ed has a decent track record. Reagan '84 comes to mind. You don't get "Walking Around Money" Rollins on your campaign to have him shut up. He is an old school hand to hand combat guy. Ed also doesn't have an off switch. He just keeps going when someone is talking to him. Always entertaining and hard core for whoever he is working for. This should be interesting.
You have to love these old timers. They really did the job for Reagan in '84.
Wonderful strategy, Attack the unannounced Palin and leave the announced Romney alone! sarc.
I like Ms. Bachman, but IMO she has no shot to be POTUS. Rollins is just fishin for a reaction.
Again.
At least in the Flim Flam Florio case, he waited until after the election to open his pie hole and brag.
Romney doesn’t matter to Bachmann. No one who would vote for Bachmann would vote for Mitt. Her competition is on the right.
That is delusional.
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