The conspiracy theorist is strong in this one.
Seriously, put down the tin foil dude. Bachmann ran because Bachmann wanted to run. Bachmann hired Rollins because Bachmann wanted to hire Rollins. Bachmann WON the Iowa Straw Poll and is still a top 3 candidate. The reason Bachmann is having problems is because Perry joined the race and has become the anti-Romney candidate she was hoping to be. Perry has years of executive experience and is Governor of a huge state, Bachmann is just a congresswoman of one congressional district. At the moment, many more Republican primary voters think Perry has a better chance to beat Romney and then Hussein than Bachmann does. Simple as that.
“Seriously, put down the tin foil dude.”
Seriously, I wasn’t wearing one....dude.
“Bachmann ran because Bachmann wanted to run.”
Of course she did. For weeks people, including the press, had been telling her she should. If Palin could run, why shouldn’t she? They built her up and appealed to her vanity. Oh, yes, she wanted to run...and the hype convinced her. So why the hype?
“Bachmann hired Rollins because Bachmann wanted to hire Rollins.”
Yep, she did. So did she go to him, or did he come to her? After all, he had said he wanted to work for her because Sarah was just too stupid to run and Michele was so much smarter. Remember? And the first thing he did was publicly trash Sarah Palin, because Michele couldn’t...not publicly.
Ever see Devil’s Advocate? “Vanity. My favorite sin.”
“Bachmann WON the Iowa Straw Poll and is still a top 3 candidate.”
Bachmann won the Iowa State Poll because she spent a huge amount of money. But even at that point, rollins had started changing her approach to people and holding her back, at times, even hiding her. By the end of the poll days, people were already grumbling about not having access to her. And she has fallen from the top tier.
“The reason Bachmann is having problems is because Perry joined the race and has become the anti-Romney candidate she was hoping to be.”
The reason is PARTIALLY perry, but she could have overcome that had she been managed right. rollins virtually disappeared her after she won in Iowa. She stayed in her bus during the republican dinner and kept them waiting when she was supposed to speak, lied about a family reunion she never attended. After that, almost every appearance she made was led off by a gaffe that was just horrendous...and completely unnecessary. and rollins was right in the thick of it, hands on.
Why a gaffe a day? Is Michele Bachmann really that stupid, or was she getting bad advice, bad talking points from her own campaign? rollins made her look like a fool. And then that ad about perry was just slime, provably untrue when there were a myriad of truths she could have used, juvenile, unprofessional, and in the end, laughable. It made her look unserious and she hasn’t been taken seriously since. rollins. Mission accomplished.
“Perry has years of executive experience and is Governor of a huge state, Bachmann is just a congresswoman of one congressional district.”
You can diminish her all you like. You could not possibly diminish her more than she allowed rollins to diminish her. If she had stayed on message and not changed it every day; if she had put forth policy statements that made sense; if she had not disappeared off the stage, she could have stayed viable. She can’t now. And that is directly attributable to rollins.
“At the moment, many more Republican primary voters think Perry has a better chance to beat Romney and then Hussein than Bachmann does.”
There is enough wrong with perry that Michele Bachmann could have stayed on message and made her case and kept herself visible and high profile. Instead, she hid out. That is also attributable to rollins.
“Simple as that.”
You betcha.