Colombia demonstrates some wisdom. Will Clinton learn from it?

whoops! It's OK Marky..you still have that fat load of cash that the Clinton's owe you to fall back on.

So Columbia has more sense than Clinton!

I'm glad somebody fired Mark Penn.

Appears that the Columbians have more sense as to what’s owed to them by people who they hire to do a job. Sen. Clinton does not.

But I know we won't hold Mark Penn's "error in judgment" against Hillary any more than we blamed Obama for sitting for twenty years in a church where the pastor damned America. We're a very fair-minded people.

Maybe the Colombians figure paying for access to the Clintons this way was cheaper, but still not worth it. Maybe this is a vote of no confidence in the outcome of the race.

Good.

He should focus on this election.

It was an admitted mistake and she stayed loyal to him. He needed some more cocaine.

Move on.

I am watching Obama's stump speech.

It is the same stump speech since Iowa but his campaign did call McWar a warmonger.

McWar demanded Obama repudiate the comment and Obama caved.

Weak.

Of course, McWar is a warmonger on Iran.

We have video of him singning bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran.

What do you call that Obama?

So it turns out the Colombians were expecting more than just PR from Jabba the Penn. They were paying for access into Clinton's trade policy. Now that Clinton has to distance herself from them to secure Pennsylvania's blue-collar vote, the Colombians figure they can't believe a word she says.
Their next move is to secure a lobbyist involved in the McCain camp. Count on it.

This has nothing to do with the real issue: Hillary's chief strategist has been working trade deals for over a year. It's the relationship between Hillary and Mark Penn that people should be talking about.

The Clintons spun all of you around once again?

Add Penn to the growing list of people inconvenienced by the Clinton Presidential Lottery.

Penn is scum. I was appalled when she hired him. Then she compounded the whole by hiring every last piece of scum the Democratic party has ever been in the consulting business with. James Carville? I mean - really, Hillary? You had to bring back that noronic cracker with one of the most mean-spirited mouths in politics?

I was hoping he'd go away. Thankfully, I hear he is - they're leaving DC. What does that tell anyone?

Campaign staff matters. I know I beat this into the ground, but I am sooooooooooooo damn tired of losing elections.

I think the Obama camp calling McCain a warmonger then Obama caving would be a good post here.

I think we should discuss this issue instead of all the distractions.

I mean, weak on national saecurity lost the last two elections and is more important than Penn.

Thankfully, I hear he is - they're leaving DC.

Carville and Matalin? Please? Do you have a link? Please?

Will they be moving to an unreachable part of the country? Please?

Clinton has little choice but to fire Penn. Is that enough?

Penn has created a real problem for Clinton. This very real conflict of interest was already known but mostly ignored in MSM. But when Penn met with Colombian officials he created a story with legs. Clinton surely knew about Penn’s involvement. Either that or she was oblivious to what Washington insiders knew. Hence, the only comment she could make was that she didn't see it as a conflict of interest. Either way it looks bad for her. It gives Obama’s union supporters (and all supporters) an opportunity to further challenge her integrity, credibility and judgment. Doubt about whatever her past role in NAFTA was ceases to be just a historical matter. Now the question is: What is her real position and how might she really represent her working class constituency should she become president.

The problem she has with voters about how truthful she is will color whatever she or her surrogates says about this matter. In turn, because this looks bad, it will potentially further diminish people’s perceptions of her honesty. That may have some impact on Pennsylvania.

The bigger problem will be with super delegates. How does a super delegate who depends on union support and argues for protecting American jobs, endorse Clinton without a measure of risk and the need to explain himself. This is why she must fire Penn, swiftly.

There are probably background issues that will surface in the blogs, as well. Who are Penn’s other clients? What are the undisclosed details of the Clinton’s 2007 taxes? How well does Clinton run her campaign (how much was Penn paid?) and what does that say about her judgment? How does this expose her in a general election and does this mean that she is less electable? These may or may not be fair questions, but they will gain some traction on the internet nonetheless.

This may overshadow Bosnia if she doesn’t act quickly. It is 3:00 am.

Carvilles fleeing DC:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/29/1618/82700/323/486814

This is a glimpse of the general if Obama is the nominee.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/ 04/05/mccain-called-a-warmonger-at-obama -event/

He can't fight back because he wants unity and will cave.

Need a fighter.

I could swear I tagged that comment correctly.

He can't fight back because he wants unity and will cave.

This is getting sad - which do you want? You want a hawk? Or not?

Uh Oh. things are getting bad for your hero:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/05/scathing-editorial-obama_n_95210.html

His new pastor is a problem too.

Go figure.

Are they going to post anything bad about Obama here?

thanks for the link to the Carville story. Did they live in the DC or thereabouts throughout Bill Clinton's 8 years too? If so, it is quite peculiar that they are running off to NOLA at this point in time.

You know, I can't remember exactly when they married, but I think they've been in DC ever since.

So basically, he came in with Bill and she was there with the Repugs and they met and - they both proceeded to get weirder than shit - he looks like a manimal at this point and I don't want to think about what that NeoCon Fright of a wife of his looks like.

Erk!

From the Daily Kos:

Remember when Hillary Clinton said this?

Peering at the 50 or so reporters packed into a small hotel conference room here, she added: "I would ask you to look at this story and substitute my name for Sen. Obama’s name and see what you would do with this story ... Just ask yourself [what you would do] if some of my advisers had been having private meetings with foreign governments."

Well, she no longer has to wonder about what would happen thanks to Mark Penn, who once said he had time for only two clients, Clinton and Microsoft. Clearly, despite the millions the campaign is paying him, he has some