Breaking: Maggie Williams to take over as Clinton campaign manager

[bicentennial_baby]

Per CNN

[Eurobabe]

1. Ruh-roh, trouble in paradise?

[JackORoses]

7. This must be just like livin' in Paradise

and I don't want to go home!

[TexasObserver]

2. Captain of HRC Titanic Orders Deck Chairs Moved Around

[CalGator]

3. I was just thinking that. nt

[AtomicKitten]

4. oh dear ...

[Thrill]

5. The one who got in trouble for taking illegal gifts?

[Debi]

23. What's a few thousand dollars to 'not recall'? n/t

[Debi]

6. Does she cost less than the last one?

Really, fire Mark Penn and be ahead $4 million!

Somebody does NOT know how to manage campaign finances.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Penn is just her Strategist...

An overpriced one though, I agree.

[no name no slogan]

11. Penn's too busy spinning Blackwater

It's hard work. :hi:

[TeamJordan23]

9. Who does she replace? nm

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Patty Solis-Doyle

[Debi]

12. But she's not leaving the campaign -

So both will get paid?

[bicentennial_baby]

13. I assume so, yes

:hi:

[Debi]

20. She did this in Iowa too - and paid both of them about $10,000 more

each quarter than any other campaign paid their individual state coordinators.

[mrmx9]

19. Well they have to say that - I doubt she 'resigned' voluntarily!

[Debi]

21. Sounds like a power struggle between the old Clinton staff and new Clinton staff

except now the old Clinton staff is the new Clinton staff :crazy: (So much for being an agent of change)

[Hill_YesWeWill]

14. How might this affect the campaign? nt

[TexasObserver]

16. With one less person on the plane, they'll be able to carry more baggage

[mrmx9]

18. Obviously the staff need to stop eating those pizzas!

[CoffeeCat]

15. This is risky...

...anytime you change top personnel like this, in mid-stream--and in response to crisis--you
run the risk of jumbling things up and never getting back on track again.

Hillary's problems don't have anything to do with her campaign.

Obama is a formidable candidate. He appears to be gaining momentum.

His success isn't about Hillary's campaign not being great enough, or even
Hillary herself. Obama's success is about himself.

There's nothing Hillary can do about it, unless she wants to try tearing him
down on a personal level--and that wouldn't be wise either.

Hillary would have been better off just plodding forward and trying to
reach as many people as possible, as opposed to shaking things up without
knowing what those changes will do.

It usually takes a person a while to adjust to a new position as well.

Risky and a miscalculation, if you ask me.

[Debi]

22. Many of Obama's Iowa and early state staff have moved on to other states

(plus he kept his Iowa offices open through the SC primary to make calls)

[bigbrother05]

17. Needed fresh blood to build Mar 4 firewall

If she can't at least break even on Jr. Tues., it's over. If the delegates are split, but Obama gets the wins, that will destroy her entire story line, too.