“He’s William Shakespeare and Vince Lombardi rolled into one.”
An aerial view of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. on Sept. 22, 2004. | R. David Duncan III/The Lynchburg News & Advance via AP
When the next presidential cycle rolled around in 2012, O’Donnell signed on early to work for then-Rep. Michele Bachmann. His role gradually expanded from debate coach to being one of her most senior and trusted advisers. Shocking many pundits, her campaign saw an early meteoric rise fueled by strong debate performances over the summer of 2011, before a gradual collapse.
Ed Rollins, who’d stepped down as Bachmann’s campaign manager to a lesser role shortly before the debate, soon quit the campaign entirely and blamed O’Donnell for the debacle,Rollins, who had set up a pro-DeSantis super PAC last year but has criticized the campaign recently and isn’t helping DeSantis anymore, declined to talk about the specifics from the 2012 campaign. But he made it clear he’s no fan of O’Donnell. “I don’t like the guy and he was very disruptive on the campaign,” he said.
O’Donnell only spent a brief time on the campaign, though, as according to POLITICO’s reporting from the time, Romney and some top stafferswhen, in their eyes, he got too much credit for Romney’s improved debate performance in media coverage. Romney didn’t respond to requests for comment. Stuart Stevens, a top aide on the race, said he remembered working with O’Donnell on Florida debate prep but claimed he didn’t recall the details of why O’Donnell didn’t keep working with the campaign.
Right before the debate was supposed to start O’Donnell marched onstage, according to Crist’s debate adviser Dan Gelber. “He came out so upset,” Gelber said.” I remember him looking, pointing at the fan, and then in this wildly strong gesture saying ‘it’s over.’” When the debate, neither candidate was at his podium. Crist quickly came onstage and began attacking Scott for refusing to debate. More than two minutes passed before Scott joined.
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