Mark Penn, The Man Who Wants to Take Dems to the Right-

From Sourcewatch:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_Penn

Mark J. Penn is worldwide CEO of the PR firm Burson-Marsteller (B-M), a position he has held since December 2005. <1> He is also the president of the polling firm Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates (PSB), which he co-founded in 1975.

Penn is also U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's top presidential campaign strategist. A biographical note states that he "has worked with Mrs. Clinton for over six years, since he ran the polling and messaging for her successful election to the US Senate in 2000."

Penn also served as NPI Fellow at the New Politics Institute. He advised United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair "for his successful run for a third term." Penn is "best known for serving as President Bill Clinton's pollster and political adviser for the 1996 re-election campaign and throughout the second term of the administration. He also ran the polling and messaging and was part of the media team for the successful Senate campaign of Hillary Clinton, serving as her chief campaign adviser. He advises organizations and companies on a wide range of image, branding and competitive marketing assignments. Mark has been a key adviser to Bill Gates and Microsoft for the last 6 years."

And there's much more, here's some of Busron-Marstellers, and Mark Penns anti-labor activity's:

(Again, from Sourcewatch)

In mid-2007, the dual role of Mark Penn as the CEO of the PR firm Busron-Marsteller and chief strategist for the Democratic Party's Presidential aspirant Hilliary Clinton, irked some labor leaders. The New York Times reported that labor leaders Bruce Raynor of UniteHere, and James Hoffa of the Teamsters union, wrote to Clinton expressing their concern about B-M's anti-labor work. "He cannot serve two masters, working for a pro-union candidate and working for anti-union companies," Teamsters President Jim Hoffa said. <6>

Penn, who commented for both himself and the Clinton campaign, stated that "Senator Clinton’s well-documented support for pro-union causes would not in any way be affected by some clients in a firm related to the corporate network of one of her advisers. There is no connection whatsoever with her pro-union record." He also said "I personally had zero involvement in any of the work related to Cintas."

Subsequently, Penn told Atlantic Online "I have recused myself from working on any management-side labor relations work."

Ari Berman, who has written on Penn's PR life in The Nation is unimpressed. Penn, he wrote, is "not distancing himself from the money the "labor relations" wing brings in and the other controversial clients B-M represents in the defense, pharmaceutical and energy industries and the Republican lobbyists he oversees." Berman views Penn's "recusal" pledge is "a phony gesture that fails to address the underlying problems or the reasons prominent labor leaders are upset with Clinton's campaign."

If asked, I'll be happy to go into the Blackwater, and big tobacco connections. This man, and this company, are probably 50% of the reason I can't support Hillary in the primary.

When Bill Clinton lost the Congress to the republicans in 94, this is the guy they turned to. Mark Penn has been driving the Clinton's toward the middle, and even more toward the right, ever since. Now, he would love to do that with all of the Democratic Party.

I don't want to go along.

and I loved how Trippi handled himself earlier on Tweety.

but I know for sure he ain't leadin' me anywhere.

Some of Hillary's campaign folks are the absolute worst. I don't want 'em within a country mile of my government.

For me, much of it has been about the Clinton associations.

Sen. Clinton needs to fire him. If she doesn't it's because her ambition is so great that nothing takes precedence over her winning.

She may publicly fire him, but he will surface somewhere later in the campaign or the administration.

You know those sappy commercials designed to make you think some corporation are really swell people, that really care about you? We can all thank Mark Penn for that.

I just don't get it.

"I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies"
- Green Day

There's the difference.