Michele Bachmann's new top consultant, Ed Rollins, began his tenure with scathing criticism of potential Bachmann rival Sarah Palin.
"Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years," Rollins told Brian Kilmeade on his radio show, Kilmeade and Friends. "She got the Vice Presidential thing handed to her, she didn't go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance, she gave up her governorship."
He suggested that the contrast would favor Bachmann.
"Michele Bachmann and others [have] worked hard, she has been a leader of the Tea Party which is a very important element here, she has been an attorney, she has done important things with family values."
“Michele Bachmann and others [have] worked hard, she has been a leader of the Tea Party which is a very important element here, she has been an attorney, she has done important things with family values.”
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Bump!!
The tea party has no leader. Bachman has just been a typical politician trying to coopt the movement for her own personal political ambitions.
in the end we are still waiting for a non-DC VIABLE candidate.
I’m not a fan of Rollins. I don’t think it was a good idea to hire him. I think his comments while based on historical events, were none the less unfortunate. His track record over the last fifteen years or so was dismal at best, severely flawed at worst.
What he said is out there in political circles. When it’s our candidate that negative comments are made about, it sucks. None the less His comments are going to look very tame by mid-October 2012. The Democrats will make sure of that.
Going by the Bill Clinton strategy of getting the negatives out there early enough for folks to chew on it and dismiss it, this may not be all that bad anyway.
Rollins, Gergen, and I’m sure we could think of a few others who go back to the Reagan days, and went south since. Once in a while someone suggests they would be someone who could help with a national campaign, and somebody buys off on it. I wish Michelle hadn’t, but that’s not too be totally unexpected. We study up on Rollins and other nincompoops. Michelle doesn’t. She asks around if anyone knows someone who could help. Someone suggests Rollins and they’re off to the races.
There are so few good Conservatives in W., D. C., that this is bound to happen.
As I understand it, Michelle did ask Rawlins to apologize. If she did, it’s my take she probably had more words than that with him.
I think this is a bit overblown. Some will totally dismiss Michelle because of it. I won’t be joining them.