Hillary Pollster, Penn, Testing out Negative messaging

Lots of people are understandably curious to know what sort of messages Hillary pollster Mark Penn is testing on behalf of her boss right now.

Well, we've got some answers to that question.

Penn's pollsters have been testing various negative messages on both Barack Obama and John Edwards. The messages tested on Obama were that he's inexperienced and that he's voted to fund the war at certain junctures.

A bit more surprising: Penn's firm polled on Edwards' $400 haircut, a line of inquiry that would seem more likely to come from a GOPer than from a fellow Dem's campaign. Penn has already created controversy for Hillary with his anti-union corporate clientele.

The rest of the article can be found:

http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jun/26/poll

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I mean I think campaigns have only been doing stuff like this for 218 years or so...

I can see why it would shock you!!