Clinton supporters across the nation rejoice!

I read that same article and thought, "What does it say to her that she didn't know that Mark Penn had a contract with Colombia for a year?"

And what does it say about her that Mark Penn is still with the campaign?

Who is reporting this? Hillary's campaign? "Knowledgable aides".

Give me a freaking break. This post is stenography for Clinton campaign spin. How about you do some real reporting on how the Clintons have always said one thing to low income voters and done another behind the scenes on behalf of their big donors?

Sadly this didn't come soon enough. One of the (many) reasons I never liked the Clinton campaign is Mark Penn. The guy is troglodyte union buster, no democrat should employ him.

So this was the final straw? Not all the previous workings Mark Penn has done, And it seems she is still paying him and his polling company. He just wont be talking to the press anymore.

It sounds like they just found an excuse to finally let him go. His latest crime was minor compared to all he had done before.

And maybe they figured it would help lower expectations for their eventual win in Pennsylvania.

If she was so enraged, why did the Columbians need to fire him first? This story is absolute nonsense.

I wonder if she threw her bookbag across the room.

Gee, what about loyalty? Or does loyalty only go one way, from others to the Clintons?

The person in charge does not demand. She does not insist. She either decides or she takes input and then decides.

So what's with the language saying Senator Clinton demanded and insisted?

Is there someone else who has greater power than she does in her own campaign?

The aides behind this story are speaking as though she's running for co-chair of the prom committee, not for Commander-in-Chief.

Isiah Thomas was at least a really, really good player before he set about destroying the Knicks. Penn, on the other hand, has always been and still is useless.

On another note, don't forget that Penn likely knows where many of the bodies from the last 12 years are buried. THere's no way control freaks like the Clintons could cut afford to cut a guy like him loose. He's theirs for the duration of the campaign, and beyond.

Complete bullshit. He is still a pollster and advisor on the campaign. Hill and Bill have many fingers in many countries. IE (the Canada/Obama story) now the (Columbia talked to Obama too) story. It is the old republican playbook tactic of accusing your opponent of doing what you are actually doing yourself. They were not pissed at all that Penn was working for Columbia. Penn was getting massive negative ratings from her supporters. So she had to make it look like she was digusted and fired him.

Now if he had nothing more to do with her campaign, I would believe it. This is just more spin. The Hillary campaign thinks we are all idiots who won't notice.

More spin from Hillaryland. Maybe Hillary was the one who demanded that Penn by fired. Or maybe all the campaign staff who had wanted him gone for months marched into her office and said, "off with his head." Or maybe the few labor leaders who support her called her and said, "either he gets fired or I withdraw our endorsement." Who the hell knows? After being caught in lies on NAFTA, Tuzla and the Ohio health care story, she and her staff have no credibility left.

A question I posted on the earlier Penn story which is a bit more relevant on this'un:

Is it too cynical to suggest that Penn may have been cut loose by the campaign not because of his involvement in the trade deal with Colombia, but more as a consequence of his having incensed the Colombian government by apologizing for dealing with them. After all, if the campaign is releasing this tidbit about the candidate herself wielding the axe, I can't help but read that as an attempt at damage control aimed squarely at hearts (such as they are) and minds in Bogota.

And please . . . why do the MSM aspirants here at TPM continue asserting that Sen. Clinton opposes this trade deal? What, because she said so? Since when was that a reliable indicator of anything?

Way too late. Honestly the way Senator Clinton has run her campaign is one of the biggest concerns with how she would run the country. The premium she places on loyalty over competence reminds me of Bush quite honestly. All the infighting amongst the staff and her inability to put it to an end is strike #2. Do we really need a Whitehouse that fights more with itself then with anyone else? I don't think the country, as sorry a shape as it's in, can afford turf wars and bruised egos. Finally for all her claim of superior electability her campaign has been very poorly run. She had every single possible advantage when this started and now look where she is? While some might lay the blame at one staffer or another she is ultimately the one in charge. This was a leadership test and she has failed it miserably.

If Hillary "demanded" Penn's removal, why is Penn still working for the campaign?

Marc Ambinder:

Demoted Hillary Clinton strategist Mark Penn may no longer have the coveted title of chief strategist, but he remains a key member of the campaign's senior staff. Indeed, it is not clear precisely what Mr. Penn's demotion entails, other than a public rebuke.

Mr. Penn took part on the campaign's morning message call this morning, as usual.

This afternoon, he is also scheduled to be on a call with Clinton and other aides to begin to prepare for Saturday's presidential debate in Philadelphia.

Mr. Penn "is still going to be very much involved," a senior campaign official said.