As noted in the Jolt, we shouldn’t be stunned that Ed Rollins has made headlines within days of joining Team Michele Bachmann; this is what he does.
Obviously, candidates like Mike Huckabee and Michele Bachmann keep hiring Rollins, so he must do something that reassures them a great deal. Even after he attributed Christie Todd Whitman’s 1993 gubernatorial win to giving “walking around money” to African-American ministers. Even after he shocked Republicans by signing on with the presidential campaign of H. Ross Perot on June 3, 1992; even after he shocked the Perot folks by quitting on July 15, 1992. Even after he trashed former client Katherine Harris after quitting her campaign six months before Election Day. Even after he wrote a June 2007 Washington Post op-ed where he practically begged New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg to run for president in a third-party bid, declaring the mayor “one of the nation’s most popular and effective politicians.” (Bloomberg had just officially departed the GOP.)
I found this still-revelant quote from a 1992 New York Timesprofile of Rollins:
“One thing I respect about Ed is that he doesn’t leak,” said James Lake, a Washington lawyer and longtime associate who is advising the Bush re-election team. “He does more damage on the record than any leaker that I’ve ever seen.”
Perhaps Bachmann will win Iowa; if she does, I’m sure Rollins will be as cheerful and warm in his candidate’s moment of victory as he was back in 2008:
I love Brit Hume’s dry response, “Always good to get an interview with a joyful victor.”
Today, Ed Rollins says he wants Palin and her supporters to back Bachmann. Way to go to win friends, Rollins.
Rollins strikes me as a loose cannon. Palin should she enter the Presidential will be challenged by her rivals. Its the way things go in Presidential politics. However to go after Palin, who is undecided, is not a smart thing for Rollins to do.
LOL, thanks for the trip down memory lane. What a hack.
Has he ever accomplished anything aside from victories that were a given from the get-go? Reagan's re-election (no-brainer), Whitman in 1993 (GOP won everywhere that year), and Huckabee's Iowa win in the weakest GOP field in recent memory? Color me unimpressed.
And don't expect to see Rollins give any "victory speech" this cycle though. Bachmann is no Huckabee, and Huckabee did not have a Palin to compete against.
Michele Bachmann doesn't strike me as the type of person who would take advice from a bomb-thrower who picked a fight on her behalf with a popular conservative who isn't running for President. But then neither does Mike Huckabee. As we've learned the hard way, candidates aren't always the people we believe they are.
Policy debates with fellow Republicans are acceptable, but personal attacks are not. Ed Rollins shouldn't get a pass for suggesting Sarah Palin isn't intelligent because "this is what he does." His mean-spirited comments reflect badly on Michele Bachmann and the GOP. Sarah Palin loses nothing as a result of Rollins' comments, but Michele Bachmann ends up in an uncomfortable position with nothing to gain.
Now that was a boffo performance by Ed. Everyone knows the emperor has no clothes. It was a shame that he was forced to say that she does. Chis Wallace is shameful in his coddling of Palin.
Today, Ed Rollins says he wants Palin and her supporters to back Bachmann. Way to go to win friends, Rollins.
Rollins strikes me as a loose cannon. Palin should she enter the Presidential will be challenged by her rivals. Its the way things go in Presidential politics. However to go after Palin, who is undecided, is not a smart thing for Rollins to do.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIs Rollins the best Bachman could get?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLOL, thanks for the trip down memory lane. What a hack.
Has he ever accomplished anything aside from victories that were a given from the get-go? Reagan's re-election (no-brainer), Whitman in 1993 (GOP won everywhere that year), and Huckabee's Iowa win in the weakest GOP field in recent memory? Color me unimpressed.
And don't expect to see Rollins give any "victory speech" this cycle though. Bachmann is no Huckabee, and Huckabee did not have a Palin to compete against.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMichele Bachmann doesn't strike me as the type of person who would take advice from a bomb-thrower who picked a fight on her behalf with a popular conservative who isn't running for President. But then neither does Mike Huckabee. As we've learned the hard way, candidates aren't always the people we believe they are.
Policy debates with fellow Republicans are acceptable, but personal attacks are not. Ed Rollins shouldn't get a pass for suggesting Sarah Palin isn't intelligent because "this is what he does." His mean-spirited comments reflect badly on Michele Bachmann and the GOP. Sarah Palin loses nothing as a result of Rollins' comments, but Michele Bachmann ends up in an uncomfortable position with nothing to gain.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat a jerk.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNow that was a boffo performance by Ed. Everyone knows the emperor has no clothes. It was a shame that he was forced to say that she does. Chis Wallace is shameful in his coddling of Palin.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSuperb post, Jenna.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Is Rollins the best Bachman could get?"
Probably the other way around.
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