Reply #40: Two Words : Mark Penn

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It leaps out at you in that article, and in the constant changes in tone and message throughout the campaign. Starting off play it safe, don't startle the horses, ending in a kitchen sink. Only when Hillary was unleashed on the eve of Ohio and Texas did she find her voice. A voice that could wield the knife ruthlessly and at times unfairly, but we expected nothing less. Rudy vs Hillary could have been a fireworks spectacular more out of 19th Century and the 21st.

Penn's last micro play- The GasTaxCut, backfired in every direction. It took the focus on Obama negatives, and most of all roll their campaign into a policy ditch, where not even Hill's consummate command of detail could save her.

Penn is the BIG LOSER in this primary. The man who misread the electorate so completely that his reputation is in tatters. Expect to see Micro Trends at micro prices in the remainder bins.

And expect to hear a lot more from Harold M. Ickes.