*****Breaking CNN/Fox: Clinton campaign manager resigns

[grantcart]

Patty Doyle resign Ms. Williams takes over 1:22 PDT

CNN:
(CNN) — Former Hillary Clinton chief of staff Maggie Williams will take over as campaign manager, Clinton staffers were told today. Current campaign manager and longtime friend Patti Solis Doyle will assume the role of senior adviser.

The switch has been rumored for more than a month – ever since Election Day in New Hampshire, when it was revealed that Williams would be joining the campaign in the wake of Clinton’s loss in the Iowa caucuses. At the time, Solis Doyle was urged to remain on board.

Williams served as Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff during Bill Clinton’s first term.

[fenriswolf]

1. ooh not good

hard to switch strategies let alone styles in the middle of the campaign. Is that a death blow?

[cosmik debris]

2. Resigns from what, the country club? n/t

[grantcart]

8. from running the campaign

[Darth_Kitten]

48. doing her own nails and making cookies.

:eyes:

[Elspeth]

82. Thanks for the sexism, Kitty.

...

[IndianaGreen]

59. LMAO

Vicious, but hilarious, or is it Hillaryous?

[NightWatcher]

3. CNN showing the same

I wanna know why now

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Cnn: "Sources say...

"felt like nobody was in charge, inconsistent message, bad money management..." (paraphrase)

D'oh!

[Cooley Hurd]

11. They're certainly guilty of all three...

[NightWatcher]

17. if Hillary isnt winning it must be someone else's fault, time to pass the buck

that's leadership

[CTyankee]

62. Campaigns do this all the time when they have lost races.

Tisn't unusual...

[goclark]

40. How can HC run the country when she is having truouble

with her campaign staff ~ where is all the "experience" in running a campaign?

[Prefer]

4. Look out below!

it's caving in...

President Obama here we come!

[DJ13]

5. When a campaign "reorganizes" this late in the game

.....the game is already over for them.

[mrmx9]

13. Maggie Williams, Clinton's chief of staff when she was first lady is taking over!

[Cooley Hurd]

7. No shit!

Probably what's best for her campaign...

[Bicoastal]

12. What's with your pic?

Obama as "The Silver Surfer?"

[Cooley Hurd]

15. I digitally enhanced his pic merely for artistic purposes...

I do that a lot...;)

[blogslut]

9. Non Fox links

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vote2008/story?id=4269776&page=1
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/10/clinton-campaign-manager-is-replaced/
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/10/653470.aspx

[fenriswolf]

10. wonder if thats just the begining?

is the chink in the inevitable armor getting bigger?

[TexasObserver]

14. In next week's episode of Real World: Clinton Campaign, Mark Penn lives in a van down by the river

[Cooley Hurd]

24. Hahahaha!

[TexasObserver]

33. If that isn't the spitting image of Mark Penn, I'll kiss your ass.

[Cooley Hurd]

39. It is, so my ass remains unkissed...

:( :D

[TexasObserver]

60. if you've got a vote in a primary state, you'll get plenty of that!

[KennedyGuy]

16. Ummm..its called re-shuffling personnell..she is still very much with the campaign

"This week Maggie will begin to assume the duties of campaign manager. I will serve as a senior adviser to Hillary and the campaign and travel with Hillary from time to time on the road. Maggie is a remarkable person and I am confident that she will do a fabulous job.

Although I will continue to see you all at headquarters, I would be remiss if I didn’t thank each of you for your dedication, excellence, and passion over the last year.

You are the best campaign staff in the history of Presidential politics and I am grateful to each of you for your hard work and friendship"

Do you Obamabots ever tell the truth?
Troubling.

[grantcart]

21. You are a very strange person

We simply reported what was reported without comment.

[Name removed]

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[ingac70]

29. ...

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=5948204

[no name no slogan]

56. That's not "resigning", that's "calling it quits"

:crazy:

[fenriswolf]

30. who takes another position in the middle of the most important

campaign that if you win you are set for life. Your reputation will be sealed as one who helped elect the next president.

You leave during the race to "jump ship" not go onto a better opportunity.


what was the other position anyways? whats more important?

[Name removed]

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[Big Blue Marble]

42. You are the person spinning.

That is spinning mixed in with very insulting comments.

She did resign her position. Live with it Kennedy.

[Big Blue Marble]

43. Self delete

Dupe.

[long_green]

47. that's really weak...

she was campaign manager, now she isnt. And the news comes one day after a huge day for her opponent.
You know how anyone would spin this news, including your candidate. In fact, that's their defense. They can say, "we know how this looks, it's just time for a change."
This better work, because as of 9 pm Eastern, Tuesday night, she will no longer be the frontrunner for the nomination.

[apocalypsehow]

50. "is your problem stupidity..or reading comprehension..."

Such a pleasant person you seem to be. That really doesn't reflect all that well on your candidate, you know it?

[KennedyGuy]

67. you haven't been reading some of the BS from the anti-Hillary crowd

my words ARE downright pleaseant compared to that.

[apocalypsehow]

69. So, your defense is "they started it!!!" My five & seven year olds use that excuse quite a bit, too.

[KennedyGuy]

70. you have very intelligent 5 and 7 year olds...

you obviously haven't heard Obama excuse number 7.."Hillary did it"...

[orleans]

72. !

Clinton Campaign Manager Calls It Quits
Former First Lady's Chief of Staff to Take Over Running Presidential Race
Patti Solis Doyle announced that she is stepping down as the campaign manager for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hilary Clinton, D-N.Y., ABC News has learned that this afternoon.

In a note she sent to her staff, Solis Doyle announced that this week Maggie Williams, Clinton's chief of staff when she was first lady, "will begin to assume the duties of campaign manager." Solis Doyle said she would remain as a senior adviser to the campaign.


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4269776&page=1

[Cooley Hurd]

25. Obamabots? I thought you pledged to refrain from name calling?

:shrug:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

45. Yo, Ken.guy, I have this bridge. You interested?

it's a really really strong bridge. For sale. Strong. Well built.

Trust me.


Come ON! she was kicked out. probably with good reason, from what the Chi papers reported about her personality disorders and control freak attitude.

[Arugula Latte]

18. The USS Hillary is taking on water.

[Mojambo]

19. And Mark Penn remains. n/t

[malletgirl02]

27. Mark Penn

should have been the one to go. Plus, if he left the Clinton campaign would no longer have to pay his large salary.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

49. Penn. he's like an iceberg, in size, shape, and ruthlessness.

cold and for the most part, 10/11ths below the visible surface.

[Hart2008]

34. Mark Penn remains the token Republican on the team.

Maybe she thinks Penn can help her in William Penn's woods...

PENNsylvania!

:evilgrin:

[OzarkDem]

20. I think this is the third thread on this

[grantcart]

38. there were threads about speculation in the past I posted this

within a minute of its being on the air. I checked for duplicates but didn't see any. Apologize if it is.

[newmajority]

22. She fired the wrong one

If she had any sense, she would have fired that piece of shit Mark Penn.

[greguganus]

23. She found out Penn was making $4 million more than she was. n/t

[MadHound]

28. First Hillary is loaning money to her campaign, now a major staff reshuffle,

This looks like a campaign that is reeling, and no wonder. Hillary's strategy from day one was to hit first and hit hard, have the largest money chest and an air of inevitability. She and her campaign figured that they would strike a series of hard blows and knock everybody from the race by now.

Instead, Obama not only stood firm, but has pulled ahead, has a well oiled money machine, while Hillary's scrambling for dollars. I really don't think that she had a Plan B and is having to put together one on the fly. Sadly, I think that part of that Plan B involves staying close enough to Obama that come convention time she can "persuade" enough super delegates to vote for her that it will get her the nomination in a thoroughly undemocratic manner.

However if she keeps getting hammered by Obama, she just might not make it to the convention.

[NightWatcher]

36. stop putting two and two together and coming up with four

you are just a cult member, koolaid drinker, yawn- whatever

It's all about Texas and Ohio.....

:)

[MadHound]

53. Ah yes, the ol' Rudy G. rope-a-dope strategy

That worked really well. About the only person I know who made rope-a-dope work for him was Ali, and he has paid a heavy, heavy price. Everybody else who tries it winds up getting their ass handed to them:evilgrin:

[Hutzpa]

61. Hound you are one funny so and so

rope-a-dope, lol!

bwahahaha!


:rofl:

[cgrindley]

32. Wow. Desperation. She's done.

Race ended last week. This is just a shiny new nail in the campaign's self-funded coffin.

[Occam Bandage]

35. As long as she leaves Mark Penn in place, she's just rearranging the deck chairs.

[Hart2008]

37. PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC!

:yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks::yoiks:

[Cooley Hurd]

44. Perhaps - but, if she's to remain viable...

...she needs to change her strategy.

[Hart2008]

54. The truth is Hillary hasn't run a positive campaign. She appears to be incapable of it.

I expect them to get more unpleasant as things get worse for them.

She won't make a graceful exit.

[Cooley Hurd]

63. It's a black mark everytime either candidate goes negative...

:thumbsdown:

[bigtree]

41. Maggie Williams will do just fine

all of this 'concern' from the Obama camp. My.

[grantcart]

55. It's definitely not a big deal but it is always interesting on timing

sometimes these moves mean other changes in strategy or direction are coming. But I agree by itself it is not a big deal.

[hiaasenrocks]

57. What do you base that on?

Give us some of her credentials that lead you to believe that. Thanks.

[fenriswolf]

46. Mark Penn fired too!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4524612

[grantcart]

51. I do not think this is true I think that somebody heard the headline

and thought it was about Penn

[fenriswolf]

52. oooh gotcha.

[CountAllVotes]

58. lack of organization, where did the $$$ go & Hillary got her butt kicked yesterday

I think I'd resign *cough* too.

:dem:

[IndianaGreen]

64. What a great picture MSNBC posted of Hillary and Patti, who is Latina BTW

[fenriswolf]

65. think it may hurt some of her latino base?

[bvar22]

71. Looks like they both just got the news of the Obama sweep yesterday!

(Compassion prevents me from posting the "rofl" smilie)

[Hutzpa]

66. haha!

LMOAO! (Laughing My Obama Ass Off)


:rofl:

[Aptastik]

68. HORRIBLE timing imo

This was a long time coming. They should've shuffled her out after the NH win. Now, if Obama takes Maine, the story will be, "Obama gains momentum, Clinton fires campaign manager amid confusion" instead of, "Clinton wins; in dynamic shift, reorganizes campaign"

Someone fucked that up big time.

[Major Hogwash]

73. Is a catfight going to break out over this?

It's your fault she lost.
No, it's your fault she lost.
No, it isn't, it's your fault she lost.
No, it's your fault she lost.
No, it isn't, it's your fault she lost.
No, it's your fault she lost.
No, it isn't, it's your fault she lost.
No, it's your fault she lost.
No, it isn't.
Is.
Isn't.
Is.
Isn't.
Is.
Isn't.

[grantcart]

74. My prediction on the Maine caucus results:

Its getting a little chilly in the Clinton household

[Major Hogwash]

77. Yeah.

That's strange, too. Because Bill has been there since Friday.
But, even after 2 days in their state, they didn't get what they wanted.

There's not enough days left for them to spend any time in Virginia or Maryland to help them on Tuesday either.

That's 2 more losses they will have to endure.
And then DC, of course.

[grantcart]

80. that is a lot of negative new cycles. They can talk about Ohio Texas

and Penssylvania all they want if the Clintons do not capture a news cycle here somehow Obama is going to run the table.

[FarCenter]

75. From Chicago? Brother is an alderman there?

According to wiki

"Solis Doyle is the youngest child of six siblings. Her parents, Santiago and Alejandrina Solis, were originally illegal aliens from Monterrey, Mexico (he was deported twice), and she grew up in the Chicago area where she attended Northwestern University. Her oldest brother Daniel Solis is Chicago alderman for the 25th ward.<3> She entered politics working on Richard M. Daley's campaign for Mayor of Chicago. Later she went with David Wilhelm (Bill Clinton's campaign manager) from Chicago to Little Rock, where she became Hillary Rodham Clinton's assistant. She is executive director of HillPac and ran Clinton's campaign for the United States Senate election in New York, 2000. She is married to Jim Doyle, a Harvard Law School graduate."

[FarCenter]

78. But Williams worked for The Torch?

From wiki

"Following Clinton's win in the New Hampshire primary in January 2008, Williams was brought onto the Clinton campaign staff as a senior adviser. On February 10, 2008, she replaced Patti Solis Doyle as the campaign's manager.<1>

Since 2000, Williams served as the President of Fenton Communications. In this position, she became the highest ranked black woman in an American top-50 public relations firm. Previously, Williams served as a communications consultant in Paris after being the Chief of Staff for Hillary Clinton during her first term as First Lady of the United States. Prior to this, she was employed by the Children's Defense Fund and Senator Robert Torricelli.<2>"

[crawfish]

76. This is much like a Clinton presidency would be...

people fired after every little bump in the road. This is a constant you can see from her past record.

Micromanagers are incapable of empowering employees by inspiring confidence. They attempt to inspire by fear, and thus their organizations inevitably fall apart.

A Clinton presidency would be pure pandemonium, and it would prevent her from getting anything significant done. It doesn't matter how smart someone is (and she is very, very smart).

[Tropics_Dude83]

79. Oh my goodness me

Oh my goodness me, you have no idea whatsoever the kind of dirt that the Clintons are about to pull in Ohio/TX in order to win the nomination. The political equivalent of what is about to come Obama's way would be the equivalent of a massive USSR first strike on the U.S. or vice versa. Can you say N-U-C-L-E-A-R?

[OmahaBlueDog]

81. The one she needs to lose is Terry McCauliffe

He was horrid as DNC head. Look back at 2002 & 2004: there wasn't a close race we couldn't find a way to lose with him at the helm.

[Tatiana]

83. Yet Penn and McAuliffe remain. And she will continue to lose. n/t

[HeraldSquare212]

84. They planned their campaign on it all being over by Super Tuesday.

we'll see if they can successfully retool in time.