[abb]

Cynic that I am (I’m a veteran of the DukeLax Frame), I’m not discounting the possibility that Bachmann may have been put into the race by the Rove/Mittens/RINO combine with an eye toward pulling votes away from Palin.

The hiring of Rollins to serve as an attack sock-puppet makes the theory even more likely.

I’m absolutely convinced that is what happened with the Fred Thompson thing in 2008. His role was to keep conservatives uncommitted and off-balance, then pull out after it was too late to coalesce around another conservative.

He performed exactly as he was supposed to.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I’m not discounting the possibility that Bachmann may have been put into the race by the Rove/Mittens/RINO combine with an eye toward pulling votes away from Palin.

That's exactly what is going on. It's part of the GOP's Stop Sarah campaign.

[truthfreedom]

Before he ran, it was known that Fred Thompson was a friend of McCain. It was also fairly clear that Fred liked McCain in at least one debate.

[Huck]

Plenty of people at the time were saying Fred was a stalking horse for his old buddy McCain. It wouldn't surprise me if Bachmann has been purchased to do a similar deed. It's obvious that Bachmann takes votes from Palin.

And it makes me laugh to see people get disappointed by the likes of Bachmann. It's like I always say, if you're disappointed, that just means your expectations were too high. And yet I'm called a cynic. You cannot be too cynical when it comes to politics. It's not possible. It's POLITICS, for crying out loud. Cynicism goes with politics like salt on a pretzel.

[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..