answer:The obvious answer is that she was just plain lying. She is a politician, after all. This seems like an incredibly stupid lie to tell, however, so I think we need a different explanation. I suppose that Bachmann’s ignorance of the New Hampshire staff leaving her campaign is just proof of the complaint that led them to quit in the first place: that they were largely ignored and relegated to second-class status relative to the national campaign staff. So the reason it took her a week to figure it out is because she—and her handlers—just never paid them much attention in the first place. Alternatively, it is possible that Bachmann’s campaign—much like her wardrobe—is actually under the control of her husband and that she only gets information on a need-to-know basis. So maybe he just failed to inform her in a timely manner.