Clinton’s Guards


June 21st, 2007

A profile piece by Lois Romano in the Washington Post takes a look at the team behind the Clinton campaign.

Still, veteran operatives were bewildered by the ferocity with which the campaign attacked opponent Barack Obama and David Geffen after the Hollywood mogul publicly criticized Clinton and threw his support to Obama. The tactic kept the story unhelpfully alive for days. Campaign sources concede today that the situation could have been better handled, but they also acknowledge that no one on the team really objected to the counterattack.

“You have to understand,” says one, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely about the misstep. “We were always the underdog before, always under seige. It was reflexive. But we learned something.”

Not a whole lot new but if you haven’t followed the story before its a good primer.



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