The damage is irretrievably done by this incident and the media, like a dog clamped onto a juicy bone, will never let it go away.
To tell the truth, I can't find myself getting all worked up over this flap, anyhow. IMO, Bachmann is only a minor league player in the presidential world series.....and will continue to be so. Her role is/would be only as a gadfly or spoiler.
Although her principles are commensurate with conservative thought, she is lightweight presidential material in the grand scheme of things, she will never be president, and becoming all emotional over this Bachmann/Rollins gaffe is a waste of energy and time.
Leni
She’s going to suffer for this regardless of what she does. She’s hemorrhaging support badly now. She can stop the bleeding by firing Rollins and apologizing, but she can’t undo the damage completely.
Basically, her choices are to do nothing and lose her entire base of support or apologize and fire Rollins and only lose 1/2 of her support.
I never supported her for president either, but I have given her money for her house seat. I won’t be making that mistake again. I think she may have done irreparable damage to her entire image, not just her nascent presidential campaign.