As I explained last night, one big plus side of the current battle going on in New Hampshire is that it might finally disrupt (hope springs eternal) the mind control powers Mark Penn uses to get Democrats to pay him money to lose their campaigns for them. Earlier I’d noted Penn’s use of tendentious polls and politics by gimmick and catch phrase. But some knowledgeable campaign watchers have now confirmed me in my impression that virtually every Democratic primary campaign Penn has run going back to 2000 or earlier has lost — Checchi, Blanchard, Cuomo, Lieberman, Deutsch. The guy has an absolutely terrible record.
He’s the Shrum of Triangulation. Only, outside the presidentials, Shrum actually won a lot of elections.
And now he’s smacked himself in the face with yet another embarrassment.
I know a lot of journalists are looking for angles now to write about in chronicling what is at a minimum shaping up as a major setback in Clinton’s campaign. But I think the Penn angle bears much more scrutiny and consideration.
Late Update: Ken Baer has some more.
