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Clinton Presidential Bid Doomed By Bill, Campaign Infighting
June 30, 2008 5:53 PM
ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: In the August issue of Vanity Fair, Gail Sheehy, author of the biographical book, "Hillary’s Choice," chronicles the demise of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, revealing some new tidbits about the demise of her historic bid.
Sheehy exposes more of the infighting within her campaign including the battles between former campaign adviser Harold Ickes and former chief strategist Mark Penn. She includes this quote from Ickes, "Penn was the chief strategist. Following our loss, he now disclaims responsibility for anything and everything that went wrong and acts as if he were barely involved, which is especially galling from someone who made [nearly] $20 million from the campaign.”
Sheehy also focuses on Bill Clinton, reporting that the former President wanted his own office in the campaign headquarters and that a top fundraiser described him as out of control.
Monetary issues plagued Clinton’s campaign and it is revealed that “there wasn’t a budget request denied in Iowa,” and that the early voting state cost the campaign $25 million dollars.
The campaign arguably never was able to recover from that financial blow and, as reported in the article, Clinton “resisted focusing on money” even through she was briefed about it.
“We have a cash flow problem,” Ickes reportedly told Clinton, per Sheehy.
Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, who has been blamed for the loss in Iowa by overspending, was fired and, as Sheehy reports, asked that Mark Penn be fired too. That did not happen, and the infighting continued between Penn, Ickes and others.
Sheehy reports that according to Ickes, it didn’t sink in for Clinton that it was over until 12 hours after Obama clinched the nomination. Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY., and other members of Congress, urged Clinton to concede, and 24 hours later it was clear to Clinton that she had to step down.
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Good, I am glad Hillary is finally explaining what happened in her camp, now maybe her followers will stop the craziness of blaming everyone in the world but HIllary and her camp for her lose.
Posted by: becky | Jun 30, 2008 6:09:10 PM
you all say obama disrespected the cilntons and threw them under the bus but i dont see it why because he ran a better campaign he won fair and square he played the game of the primaries just like any other democrat running in the past so by doing all this he disrespected hillary please explain how im a little confused!!
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 6:10:27 PM
hey REDNECK can you explain how barack disrespected hillary please no one else will im a little confused
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 6:13:03 PM
hey redneck; if you voted for hillary why would you vote for mccain a complete opposite to her isint that a little disrespectful to her thats like comparing her to him you ought to be ashamed hillary supporter
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 6:15:15 PM
If they screwed up the campaign this bad just imagine what they would have done to our government. Than God they won't have the chance.
Posted by: jeremy | Jun 30, 2008 6:16:55 PM
The DNC playing god and political fixers where Hillarys only major problem. They step in way early and kept demanding the campaign end. They went to the meida, they made statements. Influcencing the media and the voters. Obama helping in the process
Plus Obama smear campaign, he was evil and mean the entire campaign. He was the lowest eviliest Candidate the presidential race has ever seen.
The majority of voters wanted Hillary and still do.
Most didn't want Obama then and do not now.
I hope his Black Unity vote gets him by, Because that is all he can depend on.
There are people who voted for obama who would of liked to take their vote back.
Posted by: seah | Jun 30, 2008 6:21:20 PM
seah;; how did obama smear hillary i only heard him speak good things about her and whats up with the black unity thing well i am WHITE my whole family is white my husband is republican and im independent and were all voting for obama including my republican husband!!
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 6:31:37 PM
but REDNECK you did not answer my question if you voted for hillary why would you vote mccain hillary DESPISES the man so like i said thats like comparing her to him if i cant have hillary john mccain is the next best thing to hillary right i dont think hillary would appreciate being compared to mccain show some respect to her
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 6:34:42 PM
oh and another thing RED NECK his middle name is hussein his first name is barack is that why you dont like him because of his name or his color which is it its terrible not to like someone because of their color or their name he didnt pick his name did you pick yours if he changed it would you like him then please give me a break
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 6:38:33 PM
Mark Penn, Bill Clinton and yes even Hilliary herself for refusing to referee her own campaign, bear FULL responsibility for her collapse. She had overwhelming advantages: Wife of President, enormous fundraising, name recognition, sympathy from a wide swath of voters, and with all of those advantages, she couldn't pull through. Bottom line, between Penn's miscalculations,(blowing all her money before the campaign was finished;It's never good when you leave unpaid bills around and have to take personal loans to fund your own campaign) Bill's shameful and embarrssing behavior on her behalf, and her own intransigence to portray herself as the 3rd Clinton term (establishment canidate) in a change election, set her up for a great fall. Anybody who refuses to see this (that includes you Bill!!!) is just indulging themselves into delusion.
Posted by: pity | Jun 30, 2008 6:55:21 PM
GREAT POST PITY
HOW TRUE HOW TRUE i notice alot of people not on this blog but if it were about obama THE BASHING WOULDNT STOP!!!!
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 7:11:00 PM
Nothing new here. It was nearly a doomed campaign from the start. And paying Wolfson 250k a month didn't help.
Posted by: matt | Jun 30, 2008 7:13:59 PM
I knew it didn't make sense that HRC was unaware of the money problems, and only scapegoated Patti Solis Doyle because she was a woman and Mark Penn was not. Way to cry sexism, you go, big girl!
Posted by: CC | Jun 30, 2008 7:22:24 PM
obama never had to smear hillary---after all she came prepackaged with----SLICK WILLY
Posted by: rodney | Jun 30, 2008 7:24:03 PM
RED NECK
yes you have answered my questions thank you do you feel hillary was qualified with national security and i have to disagree with you the american people are focusing on the economy soaring gas prices mortgage crisis not to mention energry crisis do you feel that john mccain is the same as hillary on these issues do you feel john mccain qualifies to address these issuses and handle them???
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 7:24:09 PM
This Hillary supporter is voting McCain. If you think Obama wont have a problem with Clinton voters...you guys must be on some of that coke Obama tried.
Posted by: HasselMattressBack | Jun 30, 2008 7:24:30 PM
ANGIE
ALL OF WHAT YOU SAID HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON BY THE REPUBLICANS--ALL 8 YEARS OF SELLOUT AND STUPID DECISIONS------i knew from day one as long as willy was involved hillary had no chance---he is the weight that tipped the scales against her.
Posted by: rodney | Jun 30, 2008 7:28:12 PM
WILL BE WITH OBAMA UNTIL "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"
GO OBAMA
Posted by: zzzzzzzizi | Jun 30, 2008 7:28:32 PM
HEY HASSEL MATRESS BACK
im going to ask you the same question i asked REDNECK if you voted for hillary why would you vote for mccain is that not like comparing her to him they are complete opposites so what your saying i cant have hillary i will take the next best thing john mccain well i think thats pretty insulting to hillary ought to be ashamed hillary supporter
Posted by: angie | Jun 30, 2008 7:29:33 PM
redneck
what will you say when he colaborates with the enemy.he has been known to do that you know.
Posted by: rodney | Jun 30, 2008 7:31:55 PM
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