Old Clinton team ready for action

[oberliner]

If Sen. Hillary Clinton enters the 2008 presidential race, the New Hampshire campaign team that pushed her husband to a second-place finish in the state's 1992 primary would be resurrected, Democratic activists say. Many Bill Clinton supporters say they would transfer their allegiances to his wife, who advanced her potential bid this week by hiring top-level campaign staff and reaching out to local Democrats.

"I would love it if she did run, and I'm just waiting to hear," said Deb Crapo, who helped organize Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign in Rockingham County.

Support for Clinton seems fueled as much by love for her husband as by faith in her political talents. Long after his ascent to the White House, Bill Clinton has remained close to his New Hampshire volunteers, inviting them to holiday parties in Washington, sending letters and hosting lunches when he traveled through town.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/REPOSITORY/612050348

[Gman]

1. Gotta give the Big Dog credit

that's Politics 101. Keep in touch with your base, the people that put you there. Just like any other sport, fundamentals are everything.

[mitchtv]

2. Carville/ Bergala

The quickest way to lose my vote

[madfloridian]

3. From Alter's column, more on board...

"The team that would try to make that happen is mostly from the East Wing of the Clinton White House (Patti Solis Doyle, Caprice Marshall), not the West Wing. "Some of us who were with him will be with her; a lot of others won't be," says one former White House aide unwilling to publicly identify which is which. Pollster Mark Penn, fund-raiser Terry McAuliffe and media adviser Mandy Grunwald are onboard, and James Carville and Paul Begala would help from the sidelines. The Clinton camp is not the monolith conservatives make it out to be. Carville's call last week for the ouster of Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic National Committee was his initiative, and came without the approval of the Clintons, who aren't spoiling for a fight with Dean. "I'm 62 years old and my parents are gone. I don't ask permission," Carville said."

Actually I don't think Carville thought of it on his own. He and Begala are CNN advisors, so that is a helpful thing to have on board.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15790947/site/newsweek/page/2/print/1/displaymode/1098/

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. carville's anti-democracy

and has been meddling in venezuela's elections

he also loves zell miller and literally sleeps with the enemy

just to get these people (and others like lani davis and co.) to finally go away is reason enough to vote against her

[Hippo_Tron]

5. Not sure what meddling in an election has to do with being anti-democracy

And Carville asked for Zell Miller to return his campaign contribution when he endorsed Bush.

[fooj]

6. Tell me again how Hillary wasn't behind the crap thrown Dean's direction.

[Gloria]

7. I've never been so downcast after a victory in my life....all top-down

insider crap, no room for a real process.

Ugh.

[BluegrassDem]

8. The Clintons know how to WIN!

Whether you like them or not, they can run campaigns like a well-oiled machine. This gives Hillary a leg up on anyone else, even in the general election. The Clintons just don't lose.