Mark Penn's Vegas Rules: What Happens in His Bordello, Stays in His Bordello

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The Washington Post ran this story earlier this year, examining the client list of Mark Penn, the "chief campaign strategist" for Senator Clinton's campaign:

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A Few Degrees of Separation From Hillary Clinton's Top Adviser

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Tuesday, February 20, 2007; Page A11

Mark J. Penn is a man who wears many hats: high-paid political and corporate pollster, chief executive of an international communications and lobbying company, and chief strategist to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Enough connections for you?

Well, there are more. Penn's firm, Burson-Marsteller Worldwide -- with 2,000 employees and $300 million a year in revenue -- owns BKSH & Associates, the major lobbying firm chaired by Charles R. Black Jr. That's right, Black, counselor to Republican presidents, reports to Clinton's top strategist. ...

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When Senator Edwards called out Penn's ties to Blackwater and compared him to Karl Rove, he was roundly criticized.

I think it was right to criticize Senator Edwards. He insulted Karl Rove, who has kept a consistent client list - adhering to a certain core set of principles.

In Mark Penn's bordello, each client must apply Vegas rules.

- Dave