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HE’S OUT

Bachmann Campaign Head Steps Down

Cites health, says it’s a Perry-Romney race.

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Michele Bachmann has bigger problems than Rick Perry: Campaign vet Ed Rollins will no longer run the day-to-day operations of Michele Bachmann’s campaign. A campaign spokesman said that the change was made for health reasons and was planned to happen after the straw poll. It was also announced on Monday that Rollins’s deputy, David Polyansky, is leaving the campaign. Earlier Monday, Rollins was quoted in The Washington Post as saying that it's a “Perry-Romney race.” Bachmann’s campaign, which started strong by winning the Iowa straw poll but has struggled recently, will now be run by her advance man Keith Nahigian.

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