Mark Penn: I Told Campaign to Attack Obama More

Mark Penn: I Wanted To Attack Obama More Aggressively, But Others On Campaign Held Me Back
By Greg Sargent - June 12, 2008, 9:51AM


GQ is about to post a very interesting, and long, interview with Mark Penn that has a bunch of news in it.

We have some advance excerpts. Here, for instance, is Penn saying that he recognized early on what a phenomenon Obama is and wanted to attack Obama more aggressively, particularly on Iraq, but unnamed others on the campaign opposed it:

GQ: How did you underestimate him {meaning Barack Obama}?

Mark Penn: I think I never underestimated it, that once you had that kind of candidate, that that kind of candidate could be real trouble. And that if that candidate... You know, if Obama won Iowa, it would really change, dramatically change, the situation going forward. And consequently, I really wanted to question Obama as early as possible.

GQ: You wanted to hit him harder?

Well, I wanted to question the basic underpinning of his campaign... His problems in his campaign were (1) that he didn't have the usual experience of somebody running for president, and (2) that the positions he took on Iraq--you know, that were revered by the press--didn't really hold up when you look through his record in the Senate.

GQ: Why didn't you?

Well, I started down that road.... President Clinton took on the Iraq back-and-forth. But the rest of the campaign didn't want to tackle Iraq. They always felt that that was a losing proposition for her, and they always pulled it back.

more...

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/mark_penn_i_wanted_to_go_after.php

contradict Hillary's political stances, YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE FREAKING JOB!!! THAT'S the only "tactical error" you made!
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(And as for attacking Obama on Iraq, all he would have had to do in response was point out that Hillary VOTED for the damn thing without reading the National Intelligence Estimate!)

:headbang:
rocknation

besides lying through various orifices and blaming everything on every one else.

why is this guy commanding huge salaries?

and at that point there wasn't a damn thing she could do about it.

voted against the war authorization. That vote likely cost her the Presidency.

a shrink specifically? Here's a guy who is delusional. The Obama team outgamed him right from the start. First by learning the rules and that the winner doesn't take all in the dem primary. Remember, Mark, how you thought you'd win all of California and that would put you over the top? As for more attacks, the kitchen sink didn't work, so what was left. The guy is trying to justify all the millions he was paid for losing because as of now that's it for him. It's goodnight Irene for him as a strategist.

and yet here we are.