When Mark Penn was replaced, Time asked: "Can Geoff Garin Save Clinton?" Apparently not:

"My good friend Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones from Ohio represented me on one of the TV programs in the last day or two— some of you may have seen her," Clinton said during a speech at Hunter College in New York City Wednesday. "And she was on against someone representing my opponent and for the first time, actually, the host, asked the representative of my opponent to name one accomplishment."

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The Clinton campaign called the interview "Must See TV," and e-mailed a clip of it to reporters Wednesday morning — shortly before the New York Democrat mentioned it in her speech.

Garin is embarrassing HRC's campaign on MTP

by RFK Lives
Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 07:32:12 AM PDT

Axelrod is on opposite Garin right now. While no one ever accused Axelrod of being half as articulate as Obama is, he's pushing Garin around Timmy's set.

Garin wasn't able to answer Timmy's question about HRC's debate pledge to set up a NATO-type alliance in the ME. He openly admitted that he wasn't well-informed about that subject. He didn't distinguish himself anywhere else.

Axelrod pushed Garin to cite a past public comment that HRC made against NAFTA. Garin couldn't do so. Garin couldn't do much of anything to sell his candidate.

Timmy hit Garin w/ HRC's inconsistent statements about MoveOn. Garin had no meaningful reply. When Timmy asked Garin about HRC's comments about MoveOn intimidating caucus participants, Garin took a pass.

Yes, it's just one Sunday am gabfest that, in the big picture, will have a minimal impact on the ulitmate outcome of this campaign. It's an illustration, however, of how incoherent and disorganized HRC's campaign appears to have become. If Garin is the chosen surrogate who's sent out to represent your campaign to a national network audience, you have major problems.

Meet the Press: Obama’s Axelrod and Clinton’s Garin debated almost every current political issue with respectful intensity. Axelrod skillfully took a question about the apparent gap between Obama’s rhetoric on running a positive campaign and his campaign’s negative tactics and put Garin on the defensive on NAFTA. Garin then got enmeshed in a series of weak moments involving Clinton’s honesty and Mark Penn. Garin on several occasions begged off answering questions, citing his newness to the campaign and/or his unfamilarity with the details of her policy positions.

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