YOU AND I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY--THIS IS A MARATHON, NOT A 100-METER DASH
Posted on 09/05/2011 9:08:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Michele Bachmann campaign manager Ed Rollins is stepping into an advisory role and deputy manager David Polyansky is leaving the campaign, Rollins said Monday.
Rollins, who’s 68 and had a stroke a year and a half ago, cited health reasons for his decision.
"I just don't have the endurance to go 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week anymore," Rollins told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Monday.
(VIDEO AT LINK)
Rollins said he still has great affection for Bachmann and pledged to give her counsel moving forward.
"At the end of the day, I'm not going away," Rollins said.....
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
"Legitimately, it's a Romney-Perry race," Rollins said. "I think she's the third candidate at this point in time, which is way different and better than we thought when we started this thing. She's very much in this thing."
Except that RealClearPolitics has former Governor Sarah Palin clearly in third place, even though she's not a declared candidate. Rep. Bachmann is further down in fourth place, pretty much tied with Rep. Ron Paul.
The reason he gives is laughable because he would not have taken the job in the first place if “age” was getting the better of him. This is a gracious way for the campaign to fold and let the “old wise man” be the fall guy. I think!
As much as I admire Bachmann, having scant executive experience and never have won even a statewide election, she has never had a real chance of becoming the nominee. My guess is that Rollins (who of course knows this too) extrapolated from the money flow and decided it wasn’t worth the effort.
And, the field may not be complete yet ;-)
Well, the circle is complete, Rollins leaves.
And, the field may not be complete yet ;-)
I think that is a safe bet.
If you don’t start with a fiercely loyal campaign manager, you are less likely to end with one.
Positioning to join Palin’s organisation - and she’ll still need a strategist who believes what she believes - if she declares?
This is turning out to be the most interesting election in years.
Sarah Palin’s “campaign” consists of a three day bus ride each month and some Facebook pronouncements from on high. She ain’t running though I would love to see her run the EPA or Dept. of Interior under President Rick Perry. Liberal heads will explode
Sarah= not running now or ever
Michelle Bachmann = is running
Big difference
Would Rollins have used the term “affection” if Bachmann had been a Michael instead of a Michelle?
You posted this article in breaking news just to say that Palin is in third place in a poll?
That’s great; Bachmann is doing way better than anyone thought and is a worthy candidate don’t you think?
She wouldn’t hire Ed Rollins to wash her dog.
I am really disappointed. I thought this Rollins leaving thing would be the end of the Bachmann bashing and RINO name calling.This news is already posted in front page news.
Can you expand on that please?
One of the things we never get info on here is the various campaign teams, until years later when they have become pundits and has beens.
I’m sure that she’s a fine congresswoman, although she’s never passed a bill of any kind, but president? Don’t we already have a neophyte legislator with no executive experience. And I didn’t post it in “Breaking News” to go on and on about the polls, I’m just correcting a statement made in the article that is not true. It is breaking news when the candidate who won the Ames Straw Poll not that long ago is now shedding her campaign staff like a parka in May.
It's Rick Perry's fault.
Mr. Rollins not only attacked Gov. Palin about the same time that he took the job with Rep. Bachmann, but attacked Rep. Bachmann earlier in the year. And now he claims the race is between Governors Romney and Perry, hurting a campaign that he still is involved with!! Would you put someone like that on your team?
I missed the attack he made on Palin.
Looking it up now. But no, based on what you have said, she wouldn’t have him.
Thank you!
And keep posting - your posts are always interesting, whether I agree with them or not!
***”At the end of the day, I’m not going away,” Rollins said.....***
Not only should he no longer draw a paycheck from the Bachman people, he ought to return the money he’s already been paid, since it was fraud from the beginning.
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