[DallasBiff]

Rollins was also a strategist for the dictionary term of RINO, Christine Todd Whitman.

[org.whodat]

Damn, I thought she was serious!!!

[Carry_Okie]

BIG mistake.

Oh well.

[Miss Behave]

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.

[RichInOC]

Crap, she’s doomed.

[Jim Scott]

As we all know by now, Ed Rollins is a heavyweight political operative that is part of the Washington ‘establishment’. Rollins is supposedly ideology-free and for some, his hiring by Michelle Bachmann to run her upcoming presidential campaign is a sure sign that Bachmann has ‘sold out’ to the GOP establishment and will be attempting to siphon off Republican primary votes from Sarah Palin, whom the GOP hierarchy loath and are determined to stop. Some have posted that Rollins is just a hired hand, as it were, and that Bachmann will dictate policy positions, etc. Like most Freepers, I’ve never run a national political campaign and so I can’t state with any credibility that Ed Rollins won’t be the real force in a Bachmann campaign, but somehow, I don’t see Rollins, a 68-year-old, longtime political ‘insider’ with a thick resume and, one assumes, plenty of money, signing on to a Minnesota congressional representative’s small-hope campaign for the Republican presidential nomination unless he has an ulterior motive. I suspect, based on Rollins’ past harsh criticisms of Sarah Palin, it’s to ‘use’ Michelle Bachmann’s candidacy to ‘stop’ Sarah Palin by taking away votes Palin would otherwise receive from conservatives. I hope I’m wrong. If not, I hope this ploy fails.

[Sea Parrot]

Michele, Michele, by putting Ed Rollins at the helm, what could possible go wrong?

[Brookhaven]

OK, I'm confused. Bachmann has been a favorite of many on this site, but she's getting killed on this thread. What's going on?

1. Are we seeing a reaction from Palin supporters now worried that Bachmann will be a serious threat to Palin?
2. Do people think Bachmann has sold out, and is now running interference for the establishment?
3. Were there not as many Bachmann supporters as I thought?
4. Do people think Bachmann isn't what she appears to be--a tea party conservative, but is in reality just another "me first" politician?

Really, what does this mountain of criticism boil down to?

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[Poison Pill]

Michele Bachmann has signed on high-profile political strategist Ed Rollins

Oh yeah. Nothing says stability like Ed Rollins.

[CPT Clay]

Rollins is a Top Notch Campaign Manager.

I’m impressed.

[ejdrapes]

Lets see how her campaign progresses before we bash her. Of course Palin supporters will pounce on anything. I guess according to Rush Limbaugh's logic that must be because they're afraid of Bachmann. I mean isn't that what he always says, that the media bashes Palin because they're afraid of her?

Didn't Rollins run Reagan's '84 campaign?

[rintense]

Ugh. One more strike against Michele. Rollins is a snake. Look at what he did for Huckabee.

[EDINVA]

Leaving aside all that can be said for/against Bachmann and Rollins, this is probably not as dumb a move as it appears at first blush.

Rollins ran Huckabee’s ‘08 race in IA. And managed his surprising win there. IIRC,that was attributable to the ‘Christian Right’ vote. Bachmann would appeal to that same constituency that shows up religiously, as it were, for the caucuses. Rollins is apparently plugged into them better than anyone else.

[dalereed]

A snake doesn’t change!!!

He was a RINO in the 70s and still is!

[editor-surveyor]

So much for Bachmann.

Rollins the RINO Launcher.

[cookcounty]

Ed Rollins? The Obama worshiper of 2008????

[VideoDoctor]

Well, that's the end of Michelle's campaign.

Choosing Ed Rollins as campaign manage is akin to hiring Donald Trump to represent Moto-Cross racing.