Joe Scarborough: Sarah Palin ‘Doesn’t Listen To People, Michele Bachmann Does’
The Morning Joe panel agreed Congresswoman Michele Bachmann had a successful presidential announcement yesterday, due in large part to her new “trainer” veteran campaign strategist Ed Rollins. Joe Scarborough found Bachmann’s transformation particularly surprising and compared Bachmann to both Ronald Reagan and Mike Tyson in his assessment that unlike Sarah Palin, Bachmann is now a very serious candidate for President.
Scarborough thought Bachmann was smartly taking a page from Reagan’s playbook saying “when you’re insulted, when people call you stupid . . . you just pray you’ll be underestimated by the mainstream media. Reagan snuck up on them.” And commenting on Rollins’ contribution to the Bachmann package, Scarborough concluded:
“When she doesn’t have the trainer in the corner she swings wildly, like Mike Tyson in later years. But with the right team and with her talent, she’s going to give Mitt Romney a run for his money.”
Bachmann’s seriousness and success was in complete contrast to Palin, according to Scarborough. He thought Palin “obviously can’t love what’s happening with Michele Bachmann.” Yet if Palin surrounded herself with professional handlers, like Bachmann did, “to stop her from doing self-destructive things” then Scarborough thought Palin could have been serious too. Instead, Scarborough believes the Palin and Bachmann paths are different as Palin continues to ignore the advice of even people like Roger Ailes, because “she doesn’t listen to people. Michele Bachmann does.”
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