[Caipirabob]

Bachmann’s been played from day one when she brought on Ed Rollins as campaign manager. She never had a chance.

[gov_bean_ counter]

You are correct. She was encouraged to get in (for only one reason) by people who did not have her best interests at heart. She goes through staff like crazy and is a known commodity in politics so people with skills stayed away from her. I doubt very seriously if she approached Rollins. If she did, it was only because nobody would touch her. Rollins had his own agenda, while gaving the impression of getting a campaign going, but clearly did not.

She will have a tough time getting reelected. Fund raising is going to be a problem. She transferred big bucks from her congressional war chest and during her scorched earth campaign has pissed off the very people she is going to need to fund another congressional run.

Lastly, during the course of her campaign she demonstrated some character flaws that will be tough to overcome. The embellishment of her personal and professional accomplishments in addition to outright lies about the other candidates will haunt her. I just wish she would go away for a while, try and repair her image and come back with more realistic goals.