I specifically said 5 nice things about Hillary and stipulated to 15 more that you can name.
What she has in common with his management style.
Here is a very well researched and widely discussed article by Joshua Green
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200802u/patti-solis-doyle/2For a more detailed examination of this style please note:
1) There was an indepth article about the inner workings of the Clinton campaign that HRC had killed because she wanted to control the press (very Rumsfield like)
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I’ve spent a fair amount of time over the last two years reporting on “Hillaryland,” as Clinton’s inner circle is known, for pieces like this one and this one, and also, infamously, for one that did not run when GQ magazine opted to kill it after learning of the Clinton campaign’s displeasure, unquote
2) The campaign started with an "air of inevitability" in fact that was what the campaign was selling. This again is very reminiscent of Rumsfield:
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Such arrogance led directly to the idea that Clinton could simply project an air of inevitability and be assured her party’s nomination.
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3) Here is where the qualities of the campaign manager are discussed loyalty over independent voice (please think about Rumsfield and the Joint Chiefs of staff and the way that Rumsfield selected his generals - very similar)
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No one could have predicted Barack Obama’s sudden rise, though the Clinton campaign was slower to recognize it than most. Solis Doyle’s failure is another matter. As much as Clinton touts her own “executive experience” and judgment, she made Solis Doyle her campaign manager because of Solis Doyle’s loyalty, rather than her skill, despite a trail of available evidence suggesting she was unsuited for the role.
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Substitue Obama for the Iraqi insurgency and Doyle for the Joint Chiefs and it reads like Iraq.
4) Once the Iraqi war started to go south Rumsfield sent his henchmen in to discipline doubters not find out what was going on
Here is HRC version in her campaign
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With her staff’s squabbling threatening to torpedo her campaign, Clinton dispatched Solis Doyle to New York in August to serve as an enforcer and get things under control, which she largely managed to do. The leaks were contained, the play-it-safe camp of Penn and Grunwald ultimately prevailed
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5) Rather than ask questions and seek out independent voices Rumsfield was complacent. Meanwhile the Clinton campaign
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This belief in Hillary’s unassailability fostered a complacency that may cost Clinton more dearly than anyone could have imagined
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6) Her staff structure similar to ?
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Rather than punish Solis Doyle or raise questions about her fitness to lead, Clinton chose her to manage the presidential campaign for reasons that should now be obvious: above all, Clinton prizes loyalty and discipline, and Solis Doyle demonstrated both traits, if little else. This suggests to me that for all the emphasis Clinton has placed on executive leadership in this campaign, her own approach is a lot closer to the current president’s than her supporters might like to admit.
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You want to argue with my premise or conclusions fine. But please next time you accuse me of being a freeper or anything else please don't embarass yourself and try and bring facts, insight or an argument.
To summarize: Hillary is good. Her campaign management terrible (and in many ways reminiscent of Rumsfield) and whatever else you think it is now most clear that she is not ready for day one.
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