Bachmann Taps Rollins to Run Campaign

CBS News ^ | June 6, 2011 | Jan Crawford

[Al B.]

As she prepares to enter the race in Iowa later this month, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has signed on high-profile political strategist Ed Rollins to run her presidential campaign, according to two sources close to Bachmann.

Rollins, who was Mike Huckabee's national campaign director in the 2008 campaign, is an experienced political operative with a well-earned reputation for his tough tactics and willingness to play hardball.

[Al B.]

Doubt this will be a surprise to you.

[bolobaby]

ROLLINS! There's a guy who won't take any crap!

Oh, wait... ED.

Bleh.

[gov_bean_ counter]

This pick confirms everything I have come to believe about Representative Bachmann over the past couple of months and none of it is good.

[DarthVader]

Ed Rollins = The Kiss of Death.

[ASA Vet]

Michele Bachmann

born April 6, 1956 in Waterloo, IA (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)

Parents were
David John Amble, born in MN
Jean Johnson, born in IA

Both parents were US Citizens at the time of her birth (Meets the Jus sanguinis Requirement)

Michele Bachmann is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein ObamaISN'T!

73:1:13

[C. Edmund Wright]

Now this is very interesting, and not in a good way.

Ed Rollins: inside the beltway establishment guy, and VERY expensive to hire. He is a pure political operative and not at all a philosophical conservative. Ticked off a lot of Perot folks in 92. This is stunning from Bachmann.

[Michael Barnes]

Yeah..I had perked up for a second there too...

/sadly...

[Al B.]

Exactly. I’ve been pretty certain for months why she’s in. Now I know.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Not sure I’m likin’ this. His previous
clients seem RINOish.

[Dahoser]

That’s extremely disappointing.

[Al B.]

I’m not stunned. ‘Nuf said.

[bigbob]

Great photo - it looks like he actually has a neck!

[Siena Dreaming]

Bachmann is a great spokesperson for conservative positions.

However, talking isn't everything.

Nothing yet has led me to believe she has the administrative, personnel, or even legislative skills to get a top job.

[wilco200]

Bad move Bachmann.

Rollins is a RINO as proven during every single one of his CNN appearances. I’m shocked. Well, we’ll know quick if she starts talking PC BS

[C. Edmund Wright]

You were ahead of me on Bachmann then. I was struggling with her ethanol committment and some other things, but please do enlighten us more

(NOT sarc).

[gov_bean_ counter]

This one should have been a tip regarding her real commitment to the cause of limited government
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2701449/posts

[mad_as_he$$]

LOL...confirmation about MB. Loser.

[mo]

The Empire Strikes Back!!!

[mrmeyer]

That’s exactly what my reaction was to reading this.