Posted on 06/06/2011 12:20:58 PM PDT by Al B.
As she prepares to enter the race in Iowa later this month, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has signed on high-profile political strategist Ed Rollins to run her presidential campaign, according to two sources close to Bachmann.
Rollins, who was Mike Huckabee's national campaign director in the 2008 campaign, is an experienced political operative with a well-earned reputation for his tough tactics and willingness to play hardball.
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I meant lately. Like in the past
30 years. lol. sorry.
The Dems love recycling garbage and political consultants (possibly redundant).
The GOP should shun both.
Does this mean that pissant won’t be getting the job?
Yup...some friend.
Ed Rollins: Palin, I knew Reagan. You're no Reagan.
Rollins: Palin Has Not Convinced GOP Of Credentials To Be President
Bachmann has sold out. The problem is that regardless of what the RINOs have promised her she has to get reelected to cash in. IMO, running for president puts that reelection in jeopardy.
Look for Rollins to go after the other candidates as opposed to going after Obama.
I just LOVE the way Michelle B. and Amy Kremer have HIGHJACKED the Tea Party movement to make a name for themselves.
>>> Look for Rollins to go after the other candidates as opposed to going after Obama. >>>
You’re probably right, and he won’t go after Huntsman and Mitt, he’ll go after Cain and if Palin gets in, he’ll go after her, to try and weed out the other conservatives to clear the way for MB. My .02.
Campaign managers are hired for 3 reasons: money, votes, and organizing. It doesn’t matter what they believe as long as they work for you and work strictly in the parameters you set.
You hire campaign managers to get the job done within the law. They are not there to wax poetic about issues and personal convictions, they are there to do the above and advise you on strategy. Which doesn’t mean the candidate has to take it either. Above all they should be seen and not heard and do what they’re told.
As long as Bachmann is running the show and not Rollins, no problem. If it’s the other way around then we got a problem.
“....If you want to be a player, go to school and learn the issues. Put smart people around you and listen to them. If you want to be taken seriously, be serious. You’ve already got your own forum. If you want to be a serious presidential candidate, get to work. If you want to be an imitator of Ronald Reagan, go learn something about him and respect his legacy.
If you want to be a gadfly, just keep doing what you’re doing.”
Well, he doesn’t pull any punches and look for him to be just the same now. I’ve lost some respect for Bachman on this.
OK this is a huge, early turning point for Michele...and one that *with all certitude* seals her fate. And It’s a shame.
Rollins was also a strategist for the dictionary term of RINO, Christine Todd Whitman.
Damn, I thought she was serious!!!
I just remember his running his mouth about street money in the new jersey governors race.
not to mention a frequent CNN contributor. barf.
Oh well.
Mar 11, 2011 ... Ed Rollins, Republican strategist, joins political consultant hall of fame. Ed Rollins has worked with the campaigns of Ross Perot, ...
Tell it to Bill Simon. Rollins sank that campaign.
I really like Michele, but she doesn’t have half the instincts that Sarah has. It’s too bad too, because she is so bright and is such a strong trailblazer in her own sense and direction. I see big things for her in Sarah’s administration. There’s an angel in the whirlwind.
I just remember his running his mouth about street money in the new jersey governors race.
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Wasn’t just running his mouth. He admitted paying black ministers to be quiet about the Dem Florio.
Must have learned that in his early days on Bobby Kennedy’s staff for that fateful presidential run.
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