Mark Penn (HarrisX, Harvard Harris) advising Trump on impeachment

[crazytown]

(Re: Primaries) Harris polls are untrustworthy as the man himself, and his sidekick, Scott Rasmussen.

Former Clinton strategist Mark Penn counsels President Trump on impeachment

As President Trump’s White House battles impeachment, he turned to a familiar face last week: Mark Penn, one of President Bill Clinton’s top strategists.

Penn visited the Oval Office for more than an hour last Monday, three people familiar with the meeting said, and provided polling data and impeachment advice for the president. Penn reassured Trump that he would not be removed from office, according to people familiar with the meeting, and encouraged him to travel the country as Clinton did when he was fighting impeachment over 20 years ago, officials said.

Vice President Pence and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway were present for the meeting. Penn was escorted by Andrew Stein, a longtime Trump friend from New York who recently wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed calling for former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to replace Pence on the 2020 election ticket.

(snip) In a brief interview, Penn said repeatedly that he was not working for Trump. “It’s the second time I have ever met with the president. I’m not counseling him. I’m not advising him.” Penn said he discussed with Trump only publicly available data but declined to be specific on his advice. “I don’t get into presidential meetings.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-strategist-mark-penn-counsels-president-trump-on-impeachment/2019/11/26/e7b29cd4-1075-11ea-a533-90a7becf7713_story.html

I’m not counseling him. I’m not advising him - translation: we talk every day. weasel.

[Laffy Kat]

1. WTH? nt

[TSIAS]

2. Mark Penn is highly respected in Democratic circles

Hillary Clinton paid him millions for his advice in 2008. After she dropped out, Obama had to solicit his donors to help her lay off that debt. Penn and his cohort Bruce Reed were the preeminent neoliberals of the 1990s.

Makes me wonder how he's comfortable going from Democrats to Trump. We saw Dick Morris pull a similar act.

[crazytown]

3. Was respected in Democratic circles.

Then HRC didn't take him up for 2016 and he went MAGA.

[StevieM]

5. I don't think Obama did too much to help her retire her campaign debt.

I remember there was talk at the time that he would, but I also seem to remember that he never did.

She labored for years to raise enough money to completely pay down that debt. Most of her supporters had already maxed out, so it wasn't easy.

[Skidmore]

6. Pretty certain

that Penn has been the one on Trump's Twitter feed the past few days.