A Few Degrees of Separation From Hillary Clinton's Top Adviser

[irish.lambchop]

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Tuesday, February 20, 2007; Page A11 (Washington Post)

Mark J. Penn is a man who wears many hats: high-paid political and corporate pollster, chief executive of an international communications and lobbying company, and chief strategist to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Well, there are more. Penn's firm, Burson-Marsteller Worldwide -- with 2,000 employees and $300 million a year in revenue -- owns BKSH & Associates, the major lobbying firm chaired by Charles R. Black Jr. That's right, Black, counselor to Republican presidents, reports to Clinton's top strategist.

The connections get even more entangled - www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR2007021900972.html

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I know this is over a year old, but heard reference made to this today and looked it up. Pretty interesting.

[LSparkle]

1. Thanks for this link -- heard this story on Thom Hartmann today

and my jaw dropped.