So say you. What are you, like 20 years old with the command of history comparable to something you might find under a Snapple bottle cap?
Get real. Diminish an accomplishment like that and Rollins' strategy in 1984 all you want. Lest you forget, it was not necessarily going to be a cake walk for Reagan after the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon in Fall 1983, resulting in the subsequent withdrawal of US forces without any significant retribution. It took the shine off the previous Grenada rescue where Reagan's welcome aggressive foreign policy was concerned.
The economy picked up in late 1983 following the last tax cut installment in August, and the economy was humming a year later. Rollins steered the course of the message in that direction, successful guided the wrapping of Reagan's persona around that message and that brought the unmatched success in 1984.
Rollins may not be being brought on board by Bachmann as an adviser so much at this point, as it might be a strategy to put the old time Washington strategist in a "box."
Where the Tea Party's message is fresh -- and she wants to keep it that way -- she doesn't necessarily want a Rollins out there working his remaining talents through some other candidate. This could result in diluting the message with strategies which were more appropriate for campaigns 25 years ago. Those messages are not necessarily relevant to the current political climate, where the Tea Party message is in its ascendancy, and Bachamnn in a big way is leading the charge.
Bachmann's got her reasons. I for one will choose trust her judgment and her instincts. With 5 kids of her own and 23 foster kids in her care at one time or other, I think she knows a thing or two about handling perosonalities on all ends of the spectrum -- from curmudgeonly malcontents to babies. And she knows how to bring them to heel.
FReegards!
