Chronicling the Turmoil Within Hillaryland
February 14th, 2008
Monica Landley and Amy Chozick have the inside story of turmoil within team Hillary. Writing in the Wall Street Journal:
But the campaign has something of a shellshocked feel, as staffers privately chew over a blowup last week where internal frictions flared into the open. Clinton campaign operatives say it happened as top Clinton advisers gathered in Arlington, Va., campaign headquarters to preview a TV commercial. “Your ad doesn’t work,” strategist Mark Penn yelled at ad-maker Mandy Grunwald. “The execution is all wrong,” he said, according to the operatives.
“Oh, it’s always the ad, never the message,” Ms. Grunwald fired back, say the operatives. The clash got so heated that political director Guy Cecil left the room, saying, “I’m out of here.”
Adding to the sense of drama, an aide to Sen. Barack Obama yesterday declared the Clinton campaign all but doomed. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said that Mrs. Clinton can’t become the Democratic nominee without winning every remaining contest in “blowout form.” In a conference call with reporters, he said that “even the most creative math” won’t get her there.
To disprove that, the Clinton team is relying on its new campaign manager, Ms. Williams, and her reshaping of the candidate’s message to focus more on solutions for working-class people.
There is a lot more in the article so check it out.
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