Hillary fires her own "Brownie".

Curator · 02-13-2008, 04:10 PM

"Solis, you're doing a heck of a job."

The Atlantic.com lays out the case that Hillary promoted and installed her own "FEMA Michael Brown" type as her campaign manager.

Someone totally unqualified for the job.

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According to Marc Ambinder of Atlantic.com, Hillary Clinton didn't know about her campaign's financial straits until after the Iowa caucuses. The Chicago Tribune goes further to charge that then campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle had been "lying" to Hillary about her campaign's financial situation.

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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.

She earned a reputation as a contentious, domineering boss. Along the way, many of the staff members who worked under her left or were forced out, including several high-powered members of Clinton’s inner circle, such as Kelly Craighead and Evelyn Lieberman, the deputy chief of staff to Bill Clinton famous for banishing Monica Lewinsky to the Pentagon. The frequent turnover in the fund-raising shop was a significant measure of Solis Doyle’s unpopularity. Clinton staffers are notably loyal, and turnover among them tends to be much lower than it is among the staffs of other politicians. Fund-raising under Solis Doyle was a glaring exception, chalking up the kind of body count you’d expect from an episode of The Sopranos. She was infamous among her colleagues for referring to herself as “the queen bee” and for her habit of watching daytime soap operas in her office. One frequent complaint among donors and outside advisers was that Solis Doyle often did not return calls or demonstrate the attention required in her position.

Last year, some of Bill Clinton’s former advisers, known as the “White Boys,” lobbied to oust her, too.

But because of Solis Doyle’s proximity to Hillary Clinton, because she demonstrated the loyalty and discretion Clinton so prized, and because no one appeared capable of challenging Clinton’s presumed status as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting, nothing was done. “What Patti has that is real power is the unquestioned trust and confidence of the candidate,” Paul Begala, a veteran of Bill Clinton’s campaigns, explained in an on-the-record interview last year. “That makes her bulletproof.”

Makes me shudder to think she would have done the same damn thing as Bu$h and promoted all her old cronies, no matter how unquallified they were.

Richterscale · 02-13-2008, 04:23 PM

Darn. I thought this was going to be a story about that useless hunk of flesh, Mark Penn, Clinton's chief strategist. But that is too much to ask for. Penn has been tight with the Clintons for a long time, and cronyism knows no party affiliation.

Veronica · 02-13-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Richterscale

Darn. I thought this was going to be a story about that useless hunk of flesh, Mark Penn, Clinton's chief strategist. But that is too much to ask for. Penn has been tight with the Clintons for a long time, and cronyism knows no party affiliation.

There is something fishy about the guy. He seems oily and untrustworthy. It surprises me that she would have this guy represent her, or at least not have him so visible. She is very smart, why would she let a guy who is so smarmy go on tv. She is very private and does stick with those she knows. This has been a concern or I should say a reason why I didn't initially support her. I don't believe she will be open to surrounding herself with all types of people. Only yes people like Bush has done. I see Obama as surrounding himself with capable and dissenting people.

RK77 · 02-13-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Curator

"Solis, you're doing a heck of a job."

The Atlantic.com lays out the case that Hillary promoted and installed her own "FEMA Michael Brown" type as her campaign manager.

Someone totally unqualified for the job.

Makes me shudder to think she would have done the same damn thing as Bu and promoted all her old cronies, no matter how unquallified they were.

This highlights Hillary's judgment issues again!

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