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'''Ed Edward J. Rollins''' is a pollster and political consultant, best known for his work on the 1984 [[Ronald Reagan]] relection campaign and as Co-Chairman and Campaign Manager of Ross Perot's 1992 Presidential campaign. [http://www.edwardsly.com/whitmanc.htm] In December 2007, Rollins joined Governor [[Mike Huckabee]]'s presidential campaign as its national campaign chair. <ref>Jason George{{cite web|publisher=Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, "[Ashland University|title=Ed Rollins|url=http://weblogswww.baltimoresunashbrook.comorg/newsevents/politicslecture/blog/2007/121992/mike_huckabee_reels_in_ed_rollrollins.html Mike Huckabee reels in Ed |accessdate=2011-06-15|quote=Edward J. Rollins]," ''Baltimore Sun'' blog "The Swamp," December 14, 2007is a political commentator for CBS News and a strategic consultant. He was most recently the Co-Chairman and Campaign Manager of the Ross Perot Presidential Campaign.}}</ref>is a Republican pollster and political consultant.==Current affiliations==
"Ed Rollins, a senior political contributor for [[CNN]], is senior presidential fellow at the [[Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency]] at Hofstra University. He is a principal with the [[Dilenschneider Group]], a global public relations firm. He was White House political director for President Reagan and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=CNN.com|title=Obama stumbles as parties get desperate|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/17/rollins.election.dynamics/index.html|accessdate=2011-06-15|date=2010-08-17}}</ref> "Edward Rollins is Chairman of the [[Rollins Strategy Group]], a communications and crisis management firm" said to have offices in New York and Washington, D.C. - although this firm appears to have no website, and its offices' actual locations are a mystery.<ref>2011-06 Personal observation via googling; if you can find the information, please add it...</ref> "In the international arena, Edward Rollins has had extensive experience in China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan and the Philippines where he has advised heads of state and executives of major corporations. Currently, he serves as the Economic Advisor to China's Jiansgu Province and the cities of Nanjing and Jinan. He is Co-Chairman of a Chinese joint venture, R&R International, a marketing and management consulting firm based in Beijing and affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=allamericanspeakers.com|title=Biography of Edward Rollins for Appearances, Speaking Engagements, Endorsements Talent Agent|url=http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Edward-Rollins|accessdate=2011-06-15}}</ref> (this belongs elsewhere:)"Rollins has long been considered one of America's premier political strategists and communication experts, specializing in issue, image and crisis campaigns on behalf of corporations, governments, and political candidates around the world." <ref name=ssbbio>[http://www.sinceslicedbread.com/about/judges Judges], Since Sliced Bread, accessed February 13, 2008.</ref> In June 2011, Rollins became "[[Michele Bachmann]]'s campaign strategist".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Crooks and Liars|title=Michele Bachmann's new strategist Ed Rollins blasts Sarah Palin as being "Not Serious" - |url=http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/michele-bachmanns-new-strategist-ed-rol|accessdate=2011-06-15|author=John Amato|date=2011-06-08}}</ref>,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Wall Street Journal|title=Ed Rollins, Veteran Campaign Hand, Signs Up With Bachmann|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/06/06/ed-rollins-veteran-campaign-hand-signs-up-with-bachmann/|accessdate=2011-06-15|author=Jonathan Weisman|date=2011-06-06|quote=Ed Rollins, the high-profile political strategist who managed Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election landslide, has agreed to run Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign in the likely event that she runs for president.}}</ref> ==Career history==Rollins is best known for his work on the 1984 [[Ronald Reagan]] relection campaign and as Co-Chairman and Campaign Manager of [[Ross Perot]]'s 1992 Presidential campaign. [http://www.edwardsly.com/whitmanc.htm] "Mr. Rollins has served four United States Presidents. He was in charge of both the White House Office of Political Affairs and the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs as well as serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff. In 1984, he managed President Ronald Reagan's landslide reelection campaign. Mr. Rollins also directed congressional relations at two cabinet agencies and served as the Chief of Staff for the Republicans in the California State Assembly." <ref name=ssbbio/> "Rollins has held managerial positions outside of politics including stints as a university administrator, college instructor in Public Administration, Dean of the faculty of the National Fire Academy, head of Congressional relations for the U.S. Department of Transportation and as a management consultant to major U.S. and international Fortune 500 companies," his biographical note states. ===Before Reagan===Prior to working for Reagan, Rollins worked as the Republican chief of staff, Principal Assistant to the Republican Leader, and Assistant to the Speaker of the California State Assembly. ===Reagan===A biographical note describes Rollins as having worked as Assistant to the President for Political Affairs in Reagan's first term and then as "the national Campaign Director for his 1984 re-election campaign". He then rejoined the Administration as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Political and Governmental Affairs. [http://www.ashbrook.org/events/lecture/1992/rollins.html]===Huckabee===In December 2007, Rollins joined Governor [[Mike Huckabee]]'s presidential campaign as its national campaign chair. <ref>Jason George, "[http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/mike_huckabee_reels_in_ed_roll.html Mike Huckabee reels in Ed Rollins]," ''Baltimore Sun'' blog "The Swamp," December 14, 2007.</ref> ===Whitman campaign and "walking-around money" controversy===Following the 1993 elections, during a breakfast debriefing, Rollins admitted to journalists that one factor in the success of [[Christine Todd Whitman]] in the New Jersey governor's race against incumbent Democrat [[Jim Florio]] had been the distribution of "walking around" money to influential persons in inner-city precincts, including African-American pastors. <ref>Richard L. Berke [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/10/nyregion/whitman-funds-went-to-curtail-black-turnout.html Whitman Funds Went to Curtail Black Turnout], ''New York Times'', November 10, 1993</ref>
According to Rollins, workers who had been hired to help get out the Democratic vote were told, "How much have they paid you to do your normal duty? ... We'll match it. Go home, sit, and watch television." In addition, Rollins said, "We went into black churches and we basically said to ministers who had endorsed Florio, 'Do you have a special project?' And they said, 'We've already endorsed Florio.' And we said, 'That's fine, don't get up on the Sunday pulpit and preach. . . . Don't get up there and say it's your moral obligation that you go out on Tuesday and vote for Jim Florio.'" Ministers who cooperated, Rollins said, received contributions to their "favorite charities." As a result, Rollins said, "I think, to a certain extent, we suppressed their vote."
Subsequently, the Democrats launched a lawsuit as Rollins' comments were alleged to be an admission of illegal behavior. When cross-examined by Democratic attorneys, Rollins claimed that his comments had been no more than part of a "psychological warfare" game he was playing with [[James Carville]], the campaign manager for Whitman's opponent. A federal grand jury investigation proceeded, but eventually the grand jury concluded that no evidence had been presented to show that any laws had been broken.
==SourceWatch resources==
*[[Russo Watts & Rollins]]
*[[Christine Todd Whitman]]
*[[Mike Huckabee]]
*[[Ronald Reagan]]
*[[Rollins International]]
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