Chris Matthews’ Guest: Bachmann’s ‘Inner Circle‘ Will Tell Her to ’Call it Quits’
- Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:44pm by
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The Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman revealed during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that Michele Bachmann’s “inner circle is in the process of telling her it’s time for her to drop out.”
From Mediaite:
The cable networks are projecting that Bachmann will finish in 6th place ahead of Jon Huntsman.
“I think as the numbers are beginning to trickle in, I think reality is beginning to dawn on some of the candidates and one of them may be Michele Bachmann who put such a big effort in here. Could not get the full backing of the evangelical pastors in part because of her gender — her staffers are saying privately,” Fineman explained. “They don’t want to sound like they’re complaining but that’s part of it.”
“Some of them said so publicly. She is now about to be told by her inner circle that she should call it quits, and that conversation my understanding has not quite taken place yet but is about to take place. She is supposed to go to South Carolina tomorrow. She may or may not go but I think there is a very — I just know her top people are telling her or getting ready to tell her that it’s time for her to drop out.”
In the clip below, Matthews asked if Bachmann “might endorse Santorum?”
“I think she’ll wait on whatever she does. I do think her endorsement is valuable and that she has a passionate group of supporters. Other than Ron Paul, I would say the most personally passionate supporters of all the voters taking part in the caucuses tonight were Michele Bachmann ‘s — there just ended up not being very many of them.”
Watch Fineman’s interview below:
The Associated Press reports that Bachmann‘s campaign manager isn’t exuding much confidence on the future:
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Michele Bachmann‘s campaign manager says it’s hard to tell whether she will continue her campaign after a bleak showing in the Iowa caucuses.
Asked if he could say with certainty whether she would go forward with her candidacy, Bachmann campaign manager Keith Nahigian told The Associated Press, “I don’t know yet.”
He added, “It’s hard to tell, but everything is planned.”
Bachmann was in last place among six candidates in the nation’s first Republican presidential nominating contest Tuesday night. It was a sharp turn for the Minnesota congresswoman after finishing in first place during the Iowa GOP’s summer straw poll.
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TrailBlazer66
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:12pmSantorum can whip the monkey in chief and first hogg. That’s not sayin much but Rick knows the ins and outs of DC and could actually “lead” our country according to the Constitution and not as a traitor in chief.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 6:36amEvangelicals will vote for the conservative candidate in the end.
Report Post »Independents might well prefer a candidate cast aside by the evangelicals….
ronaldreaganthegreat
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:46amMSLSD and the ms are communist POS. Wtf up America!!!!
Report Post »ronaldreaganthegreat
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:41amMichelle is the best. MSLSD is communist, nuf said:-)
Report Post »NILAP
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:49amMichelle could never give a speech like Santorum just gave. A great speech and no teleprompter. Rick represents small business and the working class. His message takes the best of the Tea Party and the OWS and reaches all Americans. He represents the 99 percenters and will make sure the 1 percenters can create jobs.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:03amDoes he walk on water too?
Rick also supports sending your tax dollars to Muslims in Saudi Arabia who hate Israel..
Rick Santorum will fall like a rock, just like Huckabee..
Report Post »Marnin
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:41amWhile there is a good chance that she will drop out at this point, just based on what happened tonight, I could make up the same story as the guy from HuffPo…Somehow I find it hard to believe that anyone associated to the Huffington Post has any inside ties to Bachmann’s campaign.
Report Post »Daddymac10
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:36amBachmann is my first choice, Santorum is my second choice, there is no third choice for me. My prediction is …Santorum will now feel the wrath of attacks by everyone. His flaws will be highlighted and he will fade just like the other front-runners did. I‘m glad Michele is still in because it’s not over yet. She is still the best candidate available. Conservatives just don’t want a conservative woman to represent them. Regardless, she still have my vote on November 6, 2012..
Report Post »TrailBlazer66
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 10:08pmAnd mine as well!
Report Post »NILAP
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:48pmIs the Tea Party gonna stay divided and let Romney win ? Michelle it is not about you. If you truly represent the Tea Party you will drop out and put your support behind Santorum. I am glad Newt is gonna hammer Romney. Newt will help Rick by doing so. Perry – time to drop out.
Report Post »chicago76
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:38pmTime for other conservatives to pass their votes to Santorum. I can vote for him. I can’t vote for Romney. If Romney continues splitting the conservative vote the conservatives will get what they do not want as their nominee. I would call on the conservatives, if they really care for this country to back Santorum and step out.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:48pmRight On!!!
Report Post »MisterB
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:18amI am hoping more folks will gracefully adjust their goals and pick Santorum as their guy as it seems that both Perry and Bachmann may be leaving the race soon. Santorum has the ability to tear up Obama on the stump trail and in the debates. I’d say Santorum is nearly as intelligent on the issues as Gingrich, but without all the baggage.
Report Post »I was supporting Michelle Bachmann, in spirit as well as financially, but Santorum is an easy second choice for me.
LibertyGoddess
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:29pmI love Michelle. I hope she stays in because it gives her interview/tv time and her message is good. In fact, if you looked at everyone’s resume, omitted gender, religion and race, you would probably pick her or Romney. Thanks for running Michelle. You have my admiration! Maybe Mitt will put you in his cabinet.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:37pmEgads, Liberty- why are you wishing for Romneycare to win? (I’d get more profane about it, but this is an F rated site.)
Report Post »There is absolutely no way Michelle should even consider a position with Romneycare- he‘s contra everything she espouses and to wish she’d accept something like that is to surrender her morals and her soul.
Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:21pmWhen you quote crap – you give crap a spotlight.
Stop giving spotlights to crap.
Stop shoving a microphone in the face of…..
Report Post »- Jessie Jackson
- Al Sharpton
- Chris Matthews
- Rosie O’Donnell
- Roseanne Barr
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:58pmThey don’t talk out of their faces, you have to put the microphone lower, and a little behind them.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:20pmBachmann blew it in the last debate when she appeared to be more of a warmonger than Hillary Clinton. She may as well have been McCain in 2008 singing “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran”.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:43pmObviously you’ve never heard of Deborah, have you, Bonnie?
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:11pm“…Could not get the full backing of the evangelical pastors in part because of her gender…”
Report Post »Obviously these ‘evangelical pastors’ have never heard of Ruth or Deborah. When there isn’t a man with the gonies to do the job, God will send a woman to shame them- and Bachmann and Palin both have more balls than any of the men ‘running’ for the GOP nomination.
So these ‘pastors’ are obviously among the lukewarm.
DeepintheHeart
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:04pmHuffingtonPost has access to inner circle of Bachmann? GO FISH. Unbelievable.
Report Post »THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:58pmWe seen this coming, the only one‘s the didn’t are the nazicons…WE THE PEOPLE are sick and tired of our children being killed and used as fodder for Corporation profits.
Report Post »groundzero
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 11:09pmTo the trueth shall set up free. Your a cuke of the socialist vision. America will not put a women in for a President, if u would like to talk about racist that is where we start WOMEN
Report Post »Mr Galt
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:54pmWhatever you might think of Bachmann’s policy positions, she obviously managerially handicapped – she cannot keep her staff together, cannot keep them on-message, trusts people who should not be trusted, and generally sticks her foot in her mouth unnecessarily. Sorry, but she just isn’t chief executive material.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:50pmKind of like Chrissssy’s inner voice will tell him to come out of the closet.
Report Post »kfalcon22000
Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:49pmThe blaze has got to stop being the only viewer of Christ Matthews show.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 12:38pmI completely agree. Without the Blaze links his viewers would number about as many as there are members of his family, but they can only watch half the time and then they throw up.
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