A News Roundup of Stories Regarding Mark Penn, Clinton's Campaign Manager

[CorpGovActivist]

For progressives - indeed, for all Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents - http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&um=1&tab=wn&q=mark+penn+clinton&ie=UTF-8&scoring=n">the emerging stories about Mark Penn may be of interest.

Best to all,

- Dave

[seemslikeadream]

1. Just two words should do it

Burson - Marsteller

[CorpGovActivist]

6. I Prefer the Comparison to How Rove...

... quit college to begin running campaigns.

He http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mark+penn+schoen+berland+harvard+while+still+an+undergraduate">co-founded his first polling firm while still an undergrad at Harvard.

The infamous QRR - http://www.digitas.harvard.edu/~salient/issues/951106/page7.html">Quantitative Reasoning Requirement - at Harvard means everyone gets to be a math and statistics whiz.

Few pass it and decide they're Palantir Pros (TM).

- Dave

[CorpGovActivist]

7. Have You Poked around...

... http://www.burson-marsteller.com">B-M's website?

- Dave

[seemslikeadream]

8. I've poked

When I hear the name Mark Penn
THE HEAD OF THE COMPANY THAT DEFENDED UNOIN CARBIDE


AND BLACKWATER

AND EXXON VALDIS

AND CHALABI

AND ARGENTINA FASCIST JUNTA

AND THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT

AND THE EL SALVADORIAN GOVERNMENT

AND THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT

AND SAUDI ARABIA ON SEPTEMBER 14 2001

AND THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE NAFTA

AND ROMANIAN DICTATOR NICOLAE CEAUCESCU

AND SOUTH KOREA South Korea (to avoid discussion of human rights issues during the 1988 Olympics)

AND THE UNITA - The US sponsored Angolan guerrilla army

AND BABCOCK AND WILCOX (for Three Mile Island nuclear accident)

[CorpGovActivist]

9. Quite the Client List n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. After the Hillary well has run dry, the Mark Penn one gets drilled.

[CorpGovActivist]

5. The Clinton Renewable Energy Plan? n/t

[The Magistrate]

3. He May Be Out Of A Job, Sir

Success is the only criterion in his trade, and past success has no weight at all compared to current failure....

"What have ya done for me lately?"

[CorpGovActivist]

4. Agreed, Your Honor!

: )

- Dave