Michele Bachmann has “run out of money and ideas” and can no longer expect to win in Iowa, her former campaign manager told ABC News on Monday.

Ed Rollins, who left the campaign in September, said the Minnesota congresswoman had backed off earlier comments by her campaign that Iowa was a “must-win” state because she lacked the finances, campaign structure, and ideas to win the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

“She’s still saying the same things she said in the first the debate. There’s no substance. She says, ‘I’m going to repeal Obamacare.’ But she’s been saying that from Day 1. I told her: That’s your Tea Party speech, now you have to say what you’re going to do next.”

Joe Cole on Wikipedia

I may be at odds with a lot of people on this, but I don’t think the Limbaughs and Becks of America are to blame for what happened in Tucson last Saturday. I do believe that some of these personalities say some pretty intense stuff that I find myself in complete and strong disagreement with. But I also find it impossible to take them seriously. That is perhaps a mistake on my part. To me, these people are pathetically lightweight.

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Brilliant review of a Rollins show, in comic form, with bonus guide to Ian McKaye's hats /via @norock