Whoops -- Hillary strategy posted online

[JMDEM]

Notes from the Dept. of Counting Chickens, Hillary Clinton Edition

It's one thing to believe you have the presidential nomination in the bag several months before the first votes are cast. But what does it say about a campaign when you're ready to celebrate several weeks before a debate?

That's what happened today on the Clinton campaign's Website. For a communications team that has a reputation for perfection, the Clinton group made the rookie mistake of posting what looked like a template for local groups to influence their hometown newspapers.

Perhaps the best line: "Insert quote from party host here--You can use the talking points on the Club44 web site to help you develop your quote about why you support Hillary Clinton. Ann Lewis will also provide you some guidance on the post-debate conference call."

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2007/10/23/notes-from-the-dept-of-counting-chickens.aspx

[Didereaux]

1. No secret memo, it was a mass email to Club44 members... give it a break! jeezus

[JMDEM]

3. Give what a break? nt

[Capn Sunshine]

10. Club 44? The Pat Robertson show?

are you all saved? Have you accepted Hillary as your personal savior?
:hi:

[emilyg]

2. No whoops!. Rest my child.

[mondo joe]

4. I don't see the big deal. It's the job of communications staff to prepare things like this.

:shrug:

[JMDEM]

6. Then maybe DU should develop such things?

All right DU'ers: here is what you are going to say and how you are going to say it after such and such debate. If you can't think of what to say, just refer to our talking points bulletin. Now the job is to overwhelm the press with our point of view so that the average shmuck out there will think that it is the vastly dominant view, whether or not it is.

[mondo joe]

8. If DU had a communications staff, they should.

So should Presidential candidates.

[Bitwit1234]

5. Do these Hillary bashers change their nicknames back and forth

to make people think more people are bashing her, or to show they have let up on their stupidity.

[JMDEM]

7. I've never changed my name

And who said I'm bashing Hillary? I'm just reporting on some news.

Have guilty conscience?

[mondo joe]

9. The bashing is taking the form of trying to spin an ordinary activity into something

malign.

[JMDEM]

11. Who said I was doing that?

You Hillary supporters are the ones going apeshit.

[mondo joe]

12. I said it. Thanks for asking. NT