Posted on 01/07/2008 8:53:13 AM PST by MindBender26
On Deep Background – Hillary’s Campaign Staffers Getting Resumes Out.
Just off the phone with DC contacts. At least two major PR/Lobbying firms in DC have received a number of resumes and cover letters from Clinton campaign staffers. Apparently they are not being sent to other campaigns yet, as that would be “too disloyal.”
By sending them to the DC firms, they are trying to avoid the “rush to the lifeboats.” That way they can get short-term job back in DC on an issues-related campaign and be available to return to active work for a presidential candidate once it’s down to one or two real possibilities. No one wants to be the "last man standing" in Hillaryland.
The way they are doing it without being caught by a paranoid Hillary is by having the resumes ready to be faxed and e-mailed by a friend, and then simply sending some sort of “John has a long moustache” message to that friend. Then the friend dispatches the faxes and e-mails without any discernable action on the part of the staffer.
Jumping from Hillary to Obama or Edwards right now would be seen as “bad juju,” but a month working on some liberal issue campaign or for some Senator or Congressmember gives them deniability.
The people doing this are not the “true believers” but rather the pros who saw working for Hillary as a way to make a living while positioning themselves for jobs in the next (Democratic) administration. After two years in the administration, it then would be over to a K Street lobbying shop for two or six years, then on to the next campaign, and the cycle repeats itself.
The resumes going out are an indication that they see it as probably over, and that the money will be drying up fast….. and they should know….
I don’t know either but I am looking forward to tomorrow to see what happens.
This is like Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu in the last days. I’m loving every second of it!
Yep, one does best when looking for new employment, to stay in the same field in which they have experience and expertise.
I laughed when I read this, even as I totally believe it.
I would take it on, but it would be hard to make to scale. Hillary’s head would be too big to fit in that space.
Good one.
That is pretty darn good under deadline pressure!
Actually, my first attempt at this. I don’t have Photoshop, so used Corel Paint Shop Pro.
Fixed it.
At 7:31 am this morning I posted this to Personal Responsibility:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949606/posts?page=13#13
To: Personal Responsibility
If we start to see key staff members jumping out of the sinking Titanic/Hilliarly campaign, we might be able to believe this.
They don’t want to be with a big loser, and they will try to switch ships to a winner.
Big money will not flow to her if they see her losing. Losing H$U has been devasting to her.
13 posted on 01/07/2008 7:31:31 AM PST by Grampa Dave (”Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!”- Jim Robinson, Sept, 30, 2007)
So far, betting against the Klintons has been a losing bet. For a real long time.
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