Mark Penn is not a non-issue, much as HRC might want us to believe that.

[hisownpetard]

First of all, let me say that if Penn is the one who made her stop wearing those black pantsuits with that damned recurring pink blouse,
then at least he's not totally worthless.

Seriously, though - this is not a non-issue. If the changes in Hillary that I've perceived
as positive ones in HRC were just part of a programmed scheme and not a sign that HRC has actually evolved;
as a person and a candidate;

and if her positions on various issues were all dictated by her chief pollster, based on current polling numbers
rather than conviction,

and if the closer-to-center positions she's taken up do not indicate a change in her outlook but, rather, a change
in what Mark Penn perceives to be acceptable,

then she is, indeed, the Hillary I didn't like before,
before she became the Hillary I thought I could find acceptable.

Nah. Back to square one. Obama or Edwards will get my vote.

Some things never change.