Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton speaks at a "town hall
meeting" in San Francisco December 11.
(McClatchy-Tribune / December 11, 2007)
Posted on 12/13/2007 6:46:23 AM PST by jdm
DES MOINES - On the eve of the final Iowa debate before the Jan. 3 caucuses, Clinton campaign insiders are increasingly questioning the cautious, poll-driven approach taken by Mark Penn, Hillary Rodham Clinton's top political aide, sources familiar with the situation say.
With Clinton barely holding her own against Barack Obama and John Edwards in Iowa, dissatisfaction is growing with Penn, who some say has mistakenly run Clinton as a de facto incumbent.
"There are two people who have come up with this strategy -- one Hillary Clinton and one Mark Penn," said a top Clinton ally, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Mark wanted to run her, basically, for re-election, and we are seeing what happened."
Said another Clinton camper: "The heat's on Mark. ... He's got a lot of enemies."
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Such arrogance and elitism.
He’ll be lucky to live through this.
People positioning themselves as not responsible for the anticipated disaster. Failure is an orphan.
Could the wheels be coming off that fast? One bump in the road and KABOOM!
You know, for George Bush being the stupedist man in history, he seemed to weather all these storms pretty well.
Hey this woman is the de facto incumbent, else she would not be withholding her secret papers. Is there time to change her costume, only God knows!
To paraphrase a line from The Hunt For Red October: Hillie don't take a dump, son, without a plan.
Aide, my derriere.
Run Hillaryous Run!
The Empress who has no clothes.
“...run Clinton as a de facto incumbent.”
That would explain her campaign ad where she claimed to have 35 years of experience.
Ick.
Mark Penn?? I thought Huma was in charge.
The Empress who has no clothes......except for that Size 16 Black Pantsuit!
Let’s not forget it was Rush who started this whole problem for Hillary!.
Well there's an early Christmas gift.
It heartening to see Hillary and her close advisors mis-place the blame for her slide. They’re go to take out Mark Penn when the real failure of her campaign is her.
What makes this special is if there is a mass firing, people will talk, anonymously of course. But we will get some major dirt.
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