El círculo íntimo de Bachmann

Chris Cillizza nos presenta a algunas de las personas más relevantes que rodean a la Congresista Michele Bachmann y que podrían formar parte de su campaña.

(...) * Ed Brookover: Brookover is an old hand in Washington Republican politics, having served as the political director at the National Republican Congressional Committee in the 1996 and 1998 election cycles. He’s also done stints at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Republican National Committee. Brookover is currently the head of the political practice at Greener & Hook, a GOP consulting firm.

* Rebecca Donatelli: Donatelli specializes in online fundraising and strategy. She served as Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) chief Internet consultant for his 2000 and 2008 presidential bids. Donatelli also worked for former Alaska governor Sarah Palin following the 2008 campaign but the two parted ways after only a few months.

* Tom McGill: McGill broke into campaign politics in 2004 working for the re-election bid of President George W. Bush in Minnesota. McGill then helped head up fundraising for then Rep. Mark Kennedy’s (R-Minn.) 2006 Senate bid and, in 2008,served as deputy national finance director for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign. He also helped raise money for the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

* Andy Parrish: Parrish currently serves as Bachmann’s chief of staff in her congressional office but has long connections to her, having served as her campaign manager in her first run for Congress in 2006. Parrish rejoined Bachmann’s political world last year when he served as a consultant to her re-election race and then signed on as chief of staff after the 2010 midterms.

* Guy Short: Short served as a general consultant to Bachmann during her 2010 campaign and was primarily tasked with raising the astounding $13.5 million that she collected over the past two years. Based in Denver, Short was along for Bachmann’s trip to Iowa last week. Short previously served as chief of staff to Colorado Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R) who lost her bid for re-election in 2008.

* Kent Sorenson: Sorenson, elected to the Iowa state Senate in 2010, has already pledged his support to Bachmann if she runs and has helped make introductions for her during her recent forays into the Hawkeye State. Sorenson is among the most conservative members of the Iowa legislature — he drew national press for submitting a bill that would require a candidate for president to produce a birth certificate — and is regarded as a leader of the tea party movement in Iowa. (...)