A consultant leaves a political campaign, and because it is Michelle Bachmann’s campaign, that “news” is quickly followed by a rush to extrapolate some larger meaning or trend. Well, here we go again.
Bottom line: Consultants leave campaigns all the time. Some of the most well-organized, well-executed, and ultimately successful campaigns I have been a part of or seen up close had significant turnover. Some of the worst had very little. Campaigns are demanding, exhausting, and, at times, brutal. For some, the pace is too much for their health. For others, opportunities arise that cannot wait until after Election Day to pursue.
What is most interesting in this case is this notion that Michelle Bachmann’s campaign is destined to run off the tracks. She weathered the early attack about being “flaky” with aplomb. She established herself as a candidate of substance and ideas in debates. She won the Iowa straw poll. Yet there remains a yearning for her candidacy to fall apart and widespread shock that her campaign has made it this far.
As a conservative, I am proud of Michelle Bachmann and her campaign and believe she brings a needed voice to this race, a voice that should be judged and vetted by the American public on its merits, not on the sideshow parlor games that have nothing to do with the substance of her ideas. Having endorsed no candidate, and making no predictions about the final outcome of the Republican nominating process, I believe Michelle Bachmann will be in this race until the very end.
