Reply #14: well, Big news in the campaign today... first, another top aid leaves....

[Tom Joad]

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's deputy campaign manager resigned today, the latest departure in a staff shake-up following a string of losses to Barack Obama.

In an e-mail message to staffers obtained by The Associated Press after Clinton lost the Virginia primary today, Mike Henry said he was stepping down to allow campaign manager Maggie Williams to build her own staff. Williams replaced Patti Solis Doyle during the weekend. Solis Doyle had recruited Henry to join the campaign last year.

"Out of respect for Maggie and her new leadership team I thought it was the best thing to do," Henry wrote. "As someone who has managed campaigns, I share the unique understanding of the challenges that the campaign will face over the next several weeks. Our campaign needs to move quickly to build a new leadership team, support them and their decisions and make the necessary adjustments to achieve the winning outcome for which we have all worked so hard for over a year now."

Bill Clinton seems to have already faded into oblivion, but this we did not really expect:
Then this rather startling piece of news:
Hillary Clinton, following Mike Henry's lead, today decided she was leaving her position in the campaign so as to make it possible for Maggie Williams to make a really, really, fresh start. "I think the campaign is ready for new faces, and according to internal polls we have conducted, it is my name and my past activity that is weighing down this campaign. I think the hillary clinton campaign can run best without the involvement of any Clinton whatsoever, given the unpopularity of the war we supported so fully." No word yet on who will replace Hillary in the Hillary Clinton campaign for President. Hillary has said she will spend the extra downtime with her family.