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Rollins Wants Palin Allies for Bachmann (also wants Sarah as ally!)
CNN ^ | Wednesday, June 8, 2011 | Paul Steinhauser and Gabriella Schwarz

Posted on 06/08/2011 8:23:51 AM PDT by kristinn

Veteran Republican campaign strategist Ed Rollins, who signed on to steer Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's looming presidential bid, said his recent criticism of Sarah Palin is not part of an electoral strategy.

SNIP

But the former CNN contributor said he needs to adjust from "being a political analyst back to being a strategist."

"I don't think Palin runs and if she does we will deal with it. There obviously is a trend in the media to link them," Rollins told CNN. "In the long run we want Palin and her people as our allies."

In an interview with POLITICO, Rollins said the Bachmann campaign will be "so much more substantive."

"People are going to say, 'I gotta make a choice and go with the intelligent woman who's every bit as attractive,'" Rollins said.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: edrollins; michelebachmann; palin; palin2012; romney; romneydirtytricks; romneystalkinghorse; sarahpalin
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To: RedMDer

should we be burning up Bachman’s phone lines?

does anyone have contacts in NH and Iowa?


41 posted on 06/08/2011 8:45:16 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Jane Long

Rollin’s first job would have been to inform Bachmann that she has little chance. Then he should have did his best not to quash that small opportunity. He failed both times. A quick perusal of Bachmann’s facebook proves he has derailed her train... at the station.


42 posted on 06/08/2011 8:46:45 AM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can go to hell.)
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To: Mr. Bird

someone please post the obligatory Bachmann/Rollins on burnt toast pic.


43 posted on 06/08/2011 8:47:02 AM PDT by sillsfan (Reagan and Sarah are right- WE win, they lose!)
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To: RedMDer

“In the long run we want Palin and her people as our allies.”

How do these people get these jobs? This is beyond incompetence . . . . This is delusional.


44 posted on 06/08/2011 8:47:21 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: kristinn
ROLLINSED
45 posted on 06/08/2011 8:47:29 AM PDT by FrankR (A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
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To: Jane Long

Rollin’s first job would have been to inform Bachmann that she has little chance. Then he should have did his best not to quash that small opportunity. He failed both times. A quick perusal of Bachmann’s facebook proves he has derailed her train... at the station.


46 posted on 06/08/2011 8:48:56 AM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can go to hell.)
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To: kristinn

Uhhhh..the ‘Rove Defense’ ain’t gonna cut it...lol!


47 posted on 06/08/2011 8:50:13 AM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: miss marmelstein
He's already retracting? Uh, don't think so:

Rollins said the Bachmann campaign will be "so much more substantive." "People are going to say, 'I gotta make a choice and go with the intelligent woman who's every bit as attractive,'" Rollins said.

Sounds like more insults to me.
48 posted on 06/08/2011 8:50:30 AM PDT by TheCornerOffice
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To: cripplecreek

ACtually if Palin stays out of the race but baits the media for the next few months, she will draw a lot of the fire and make it easier for Bachman. “Kinda” baseball when you sacrifice fly out so the winning score can run in from third base.

Palin is also a formidable force in fund raising and can rally the base of the party. I actually think Palin is doing this and it is driving the media insane. She also has a pretty nice gig going at Fox News.

My Dream Ticket:

Bachman-Cain or Cain-Bachman for president and vp
Allen West Secretary of Defense
Thomas Sowell Secretary of Education
Milton Freidman’s ghost Secretary of the Treasury
Judge Napolitano Attorney General
Bolton Secretary of State

Eric Holder Federal pen for malfeasance in office and illegal international gun running operation.

Ben Bernake aka “all your money is ours” to drag a 200 lb statue of Milton Keynes through the desert for 30 years shouting “Where is my helicopter full of money?”


49 posted on 06/08/2011 8:50:57 AM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR.)
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To: Al B.

Love the Eve Harrington comparison! Tighten those seatbelts, Rollins, it’s going to be a bumpy night!


50 posted on 06/08/2011 8:51:10 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (FR haters of Sarah Palin are wearing me out)
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To: kristinn

I wonder about these politicians and their advisors who go to work for the media, and; later they want back in the game?


51 posted on 06/08/2011 8:51:41 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: kristinn

I wouldn’t rust Ed Rollins with my dry cleaning.


52 posted on 06/08/2011 8:51:52 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: cripplecreek
That said I do agree that Palin needs to work with Bachmann and Cain of she enters the race.

And I'm laughing.

53 posted on 06/08/2011 8:51:58 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: kristinn

GO TO HELL YOU LIBERAL PIECE OF SHIT!


54 posted on 06/08/2011 8:52:00 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

I believe that this is going to turn out to be a huge mistake for MB. Thanks for the ping!


55 posted on 06/08/2011 8:52:19 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.")
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To: kristinn

He wrote the book on dirty campaigning. Literally!


56 posted on 06/08/2011 8:52:39 AM PDT by McGruff (Run Sarah, Run. Restore this country to what it once was.)
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To: kristinn

Sorry, Ed.


57 posted on 06/08/2011 8:53:25 AM PDT by GonzoII (Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea...Quare tristis es anima mea?)
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To: TheCornerOffice

Did you read the article? I believe those quotes are from an earlier interview. In the Politico interview, he says he needs to move from a tv commentor to a political hack. Any way you read it, he’s terrible and she needs to dump him.


58 posted on 06/08/2011 8:54:00 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (FR haters of Sarah Palin are wearing me out)
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To: FrankR

BINGO!


59 posted on 06/08/2011 8:54:26 AM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: kristinn
The attacks may have been a Bachmann trial balloon that exploded. Faux leaders do this type thing rather than acting on principle.
60 posted on 06/08/2011 8:55:14 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO but I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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