Remember she ran for the Republican Conference Chair position after the November election but Boehner and Cantor slapped her down. As a consolation, they assigned her to the House Intelligence Committee.
Bachmann to Intelligence Committee
Soon after (in January), Bachmann's staff appeared in South Carolina and Iowa and began slamming Palin during meetings with local GOP organizers and chairmen.
A deal was cut somewhere, and Bachmann's buddy Steve King was undoubtedly a part of it since he is pretty much her shadow.
I've been looking for a link (FR or otherwise) to that all afternoon. Do you have one?
I remembered reading it about that time and was reminded of it when pit bull Rollins went after Sarah with a vengeance. The fact that she allows her staff to attack one who supported her reelection last fall says volumes about Michele's loyalty. She may have believed she had nothing to lose by hiring Rollins. How wrong that decision will turn out to be.