Bill Clinton Campaign Chair Goes for Obama By Katharine Q. Seelye

[Demeter]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/bill-clinton-campaign-chair-goes-for-obama/

David Wilhelm, who was Bill Clinton’s campaign chairman in 1992, has endorsed Senator Barack Obama for president.

Mr. Wilhelm lives and works in Ohio, which will be a major battleground for the Democratic candidates come March 4.

After Mr. Wilhelm helped him win the election, Mr. Clinton made Mr. Wilhelm the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Now a venture capitalist who focuses on neglected regions of the country, Mr. Wilhelm is also a superdelegate and said he expected the Obama campaign would want him to get on the phone to lobby other superdelegates.

He said in a conference call today that Mr. Obama was more electable than Senator Hillary Clinton. Mr. Obama’s campaign is evidence of his leadership, he said, calling it “masterful.”
“He has out-worked her, out-organized her and out-raised her,” Mr. Wilhelm said. “I know organizational excellence when I see it, and the Obama campaign, win or lose, will serve as a model” of execution of strategy, message discipline, application of new technology and small-donor fund raising.

[my3boyz]

1. Awesome! nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. Wilhelm is not significant. Obama only gets insiginficant supporters.

Hillary gets significant supporters, unlike Obama. Because they support her. Those who don't recognize her abilities are insignificant. Like Wilhelm.

Now about those insignificant states that made a mistake and voted the wrong way. . . .

[robbedvoter]

3. Good ol Katherine! Hit pieces on Clark Katherine! Same players - predictable jobs

[Yossariant]

4. Wilhelm is an Illinois operative. He managed Daley's campaign last year and

for the election before that one.

He also managed the campaign of the Rezko-connected, current Illinois governor.

[Tennessee Gal]

5. Didn't she do a bunch of lying hit pieces on Al Gore?

Yes, she did.

[Sadie5]

6. What a crock

The subject line is misleading. You make it sound like someone currently working for Hillary has defected.

[theHandpuppet]

7. When first you don't succeed

Just keep posting the same threads a thousand times over. :eyes:

[Midwestern Democrat]

8. Willhelm was fired as DNC Chair by Bill Clinton in '94.

Willhelm's brief tenure as DNC Chair was generally considered a disaster - congressional Democrats (among them, Barbara Mikulski) demanded his ouster in the summer of 1994 and Bill Clinton responded by basically taking away most of Willhelm's authority and shortly after this, Willhelm announced that he would step down after the midterms, which he did.