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Strategist Penn, oblivious campaign, haughty candidate get (anonymous) blame

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted May 28, 2008 5:42 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The New Republic asked (anonymous) Hillary Clinton camp insiders why their candidate isn’t booking her ticket to Denver:

  • “I just don't think she was hungry enough for it …It wasn't really until the 10-in-a-row loss that she started doing stuff like Saturday Night Live and Jon Stewart.”
  • “Devastating vulnerabilities such as Obama's associations with Wright and Ayers were not unearthed by the campaign's vaunted research team in time.”

  • Her team “confused discipline with insularity; they didn't know what they didn't know and were too arrogant to ask.”
  • Bill “just kind of imploded ... it became more about him than about her. It really was destructive overall.”
  • “There was financial mismanagement bordering on fraud.”
  • Advisers “dismissed the possibility of youth turning out heavily in Iowa for Obama ... saying, ‘They don't look like caucus-goers.’”
  • We “lost all credibility with the press through endless and pointless memos,” cherry-picking “only positive polls when we were up and ignored polling when we were down.”

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., waits to speak during a campaign event at the Little Wound School in Kyle, S.D., Wednesday, May 28, 2008.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., waits to speak during a campaign event at the Little Wound School in Kyle, S.D., Wednesday, May 28, 2008.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
In htis May 6, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In htis May 6, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., laughs.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., laughs.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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