Lost in the Mike Huckabee hysteria that is sweeping the land...at least the land of Iowa, is just how odd Huckabee senior advisor Ed Rollins has become. Here is the video of his victory celebration with Fox News' Chris Wallace, who asked him about the now-famous lunch he had in Iowa, discussing the presidential field as he saw it.
HH: Tell me, what did he say about Ann Romney, if anything.
AC: He did mention…I’ve got to say, I didn’t hear all of it. There was some talk about her condition, and it was in the context of they were really feeling that they were getting too much negative spin thrown at them, and then there were comments about how they felt righteous and entitled to the presidency. So that’s how that all went together.
HH: But did they actually bring up Ann Romney’s MS?
AC: That was talked about briefly.
HH: And did he characterize it…how?
AC: It just seemed to be in the context of unfairness, and why were they talking about this. Like I say, I didn’t hear all that specifically. I just know that they were talking about Ann Romney, and her condition was mentioned.
HH: Did he threaten to go negative in South Carolina?
AC: There was talk about doing negative ads. There was a weird joke that was being told about running the confederate flag up on the Capitol steps of South Carolina. I don’t know what that joke was about. They both laughed. Like I said, I was just listening. I wasn’t sure it was Ed Rollins until he identified himself as Ed Rollins when he called Lou Dobbs, and then I could run a picture check to make sure. So otherwise, I would have gone up and talked to him, but I wasn’t sure it was him until he identified himself. Then, I could look up his picture.
HH: Well, Amanda, that’s a big scoop on Drudge, and I can’t imagine them mocking Ann Romney for her MS, or bringing it up in any context. But Ed Rollins is what he is. He’s Mike Huckabee’s senior campaign advisor.
Nice guy, that Ed Rollins. Kind of makes Karl Rove look warm and fuzzy, doesn't he?Keep in mind, all you Hucksters out there, that Ed Rollins gave us Bill Clinton when he fell for another populist with character, H. Ross Perot, and managed that campaign just well enough to ciphon off enough George H. W. Bush voters in '92 to give Bill Clinton the White House with a stunning 43% of the popular vote. Granted, Rollins didn't stay with that campaign all the way to November, but he definitely did his part to suck the life out of the Bush reelection effort.
After watching the candidates give their post-mortem speeches Thursday night, Hillary Clinton was still able to manage a smile here and there, even though she probably suffered the worst damage of any top tier candidate in either party. Why? Because Ed Rollins is still out there unwittingly blocking and tackling for the Clintons.
And unless Republican voters don't figure out populism isn't the wave of the future for the GOP, Rollins could go down in history as the man who in large part helped to usher in two President Clintons.