Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) former campaign manager, Ed Rollins, said that Bachmann doesn’t have the resources to extend her campaign for the White House beyond the Iowa caucuses.
“I think Michele — which always was the game plan — if she somehow could win Iowa, then she can get another look,” Rollins said on MSNBC. “Right now she’s competing hard in Iowa. She doesn’t have the ability or the resources to go beyond Iowa at this point in time, where Perry and Romney with lots of money could go on to South Carolina, Arizona, Florida and other places.”
{mosads}Rollins’s pessimistic comments about Bachmann come just a few days after he criticized the conservative lawmaker for linking mental retardation to an HPV vaccine mandated by her fellow candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R).
“You check that out. You don’t make a broad statement like that,” Rollins said.
He has made a number of statements that have been interpreted as critical of Bachmann’s electability chances, and said that there was “no question” that Bachmann would have to prove that she is a viable candidate.
Earlier in September, Rollins stepped down from his role as Bachmann’s campaign manager.
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