“The biggest f*** you I have ever seen”: Obama hires Hillary’s ex-campaign manager
posted at 3:20 pm on June 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Thus fulfilling the pressing need within his campaign for a woman known for watching soap operas on the job and blowing $30 million on a de facto uncontested senate re-election campaign. Jake Tapper’s not sure what it means and neither am I. But one Hillary bundler thinks he does:
A former bundler to Hillary Clinton just called in to tell me that Barack Obama’s selection of Patti Solis Doyle as chief of staff to the campaign’s eventual vice presidential nominee is the “biggest f*** you I have ever seen in politics.”
The donor, speaking on background, said that everyone in Clinton circles knows the two have hard feelings towards one another and haven’t spoken since Clinton removed Solis Doyle as campaign manager, and that Clinton loyalists view her with deep suspicion and believe that she is shopping around a book deal and acted as a background source for an extremely harsh Vanity Fair piece about Bill Clinton…
“You don’t hire Patti Solis Doyle for her operational expertise,” said the bundler. “You don’t do that. This is someone who failed dramatically at her job. You only bring her on to f*** someone else.”
She’s supposed to serve as chief of staff to whoever the VP candidate is, although as Noam Scheiber says, she’ll probably be more of a liaison between Team Barry and the veep’s real COS than someone running day to day operations. The obvious read on this is that it’s Obama’s way of luring Hillary supporters, but why would he do that by hiring someone who let her down (and may now be a full-fledged enemy) instead of bringing in, say, Wolfson or Maggie Williams? If there’s a backlash in the media from Clinton loyalists in the next few days, it’s only going to deepen the “party unity, my ass” sentiment and Obama surely knows that. Exit question: What’s this really all about, then? Talk Left notes that Axelrod and Solis Doyle are friends of long standing, so maybe he simply did her a solid by setting her up with a sinecure? That’s one expensive favor if it ends up hardening Hillaryland’s grudge.
Update: Message delivered and message received:
One thing the move does suggest, insiders believe, is that Hillary Clinton’s chances of being tapped for the vice presidency are now slim to nil.
“This alone means that Hillary won’t be the V.P. choice,” wrote one.
According to two close Clinton confidantes, the Senator and Solis Doyle have not spoken since her firing months ago. And there is a sense that bad blood lingers between the two. Some officials in Clinton’s orbit were disappointed, if not angered, by the fact that Solis Doyle had been in touch with the Obama campaign about possibly coming on board. Solis Doyle, meanwhile, is rumored to have felt particularly scapegoated by her firing.
Said one individual with knowledge of the Clinton campaign’s political leanings: “It would be pretty awkward if Hillary Clinton were picked as vice president and Patti was there to be her chief of staff.”
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Kerry, Gore, McGovern, Mondale, Doyle…boy, all the Obama camp needs is Ned Lamont and he can start measuring the drapes for the Oval Office, baby!
amerpundit on June 16, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Question, why would Obama be hireing the VPs Chief of Staff at all? Wouldn’t the VP hire that person?
Romeo13 on June 16, 2008 at 3:24 PM
I would not want to be around Hillary right now. Heh-ha
RobCon on June 16, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Maybe she can tell them where she put all that money…
jl on June 16, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Let the intra-party healing continue!
Spc Steve on June 16, 2008 at 3:26 PM
I am really HOT for this chick. She’s a looker. Who agrees?
RWLA on June 16, 2008 at 3:27 PM
I think this is Obama’s way of saying ” Files who needs files when you can have an eye witness.” Barak is out clintoning the Clintons.
meci on June 16, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Not sure about the favor, but if you want to Alienate more Clinton voters.. this may be it.
upinak on June 16, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Well, she is kinda cute… other than that, I can only see this as some kind of endorsement for the principles of affirmative action with regards to female, incompetant campaign hacks.
No offence to competant female campaign hacks.
Hollowpoint on June 16, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Any word on when Obama hires Bob “perpetual loser” Shrum? I imagine he and Doyle would get along famously.
Hollowpoint on June 16, 2008 at 3:32 PM
When Hillary fired her, it cost her Hispanic votes. This is Obama trying to get more votes.
indythinker on June 16, 2008 at 3:33 PM
I’ll say what you all are thinking…
She can f*** me anyday!
revolutionismyname on June 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Wonder when Hillary will start campaigning for McCain?
ctmom on June 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Irony?
Using anonymous sources to smear someone who’s supposed to be mean?
alphie on June 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM
I know I would go out and hire the incompetent rejects from my enemy’s campaign…yeah, good plan.
Maybe she’s just to ensure that Hillary doesn’t try anything sneaky before the convention?
Wyznowski on June 16, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Shakespeare “Why did I live so soon?”
Entelechy on June 16, 2008 at 3:36 PM
This reminds me of the Trotsky apparatchiks who switched sides and “supported” Stalin. In the end, they, too, were purged.
Obama is just another Communist. And, I’m sure that he’s well-versed in the art of the purge. Solis Doyle is only a tool. She best keep her luggage packed. She won’t be around after the election.
OhEssYouCowboys on June 16, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Hmmmm… I wonder what files she brought with her…
Opposition Research?
Doner Lists?
Bill’s Little Black Book? (dam, I used Black, does that make me RAAAAACCCCCCCCCIIIIISSSSSTTTTTT!!!!)
Romeo13 on June 16, 2008 at 3:39 PM
She looks like she could be Rachel Rays twin sister. Rawr!
I’d frickasee that.
I’d stuff her turkey for her.
I’d butter her rolls.
I’d frost her cake.
/too tired for more
TheGoblinKing on June 16, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Hey Hillary, DON’T EVER FORGET…”EVERY VOTE COUNTS.” LOL, I love it when RATS screw each other to death.
byteshredder on June 16, 2008 at 3:39 PM
she’s hot…
bernzright777 on June 16, 2008 at 3:41 PM
Maybe he can get his buddy Deval Patrick to sell him the $10,000 damask drapes he bought for his MA State House office his first week in Office. I’m sure he’s ready for new ones by now.
TheBigOldDog on June 16, 2008 at 3:44 PM
she’s hot…
bernzright777 on June 16, 2008 at 3:41 PM
But not in the cerebral cortex.
Hillary brought her on as an affirmative action token, then forgot that the novelas are on TV in the afternoon.
TexasJew on June 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM
you have Low standards..
unless she blows some of that $30 million dollars on me..
she can forget it.. >:}
Chakra Hammer on June 16, 2008 at 3:46 PM
:}
I always gotta look to make a profit.
Chakra Hammer on June 16, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Read the article AP linked to at the theatlantic.com . Works better than a cold shower.
pedestrian on June 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM
This comes to show you how much in the crapper Obama and his hopes to the presidency is. He hires shady people and then is “appalled and shocked” that they are such deviants. This comes to show the type of people that will be in his administration and *gulp* in the Supreme Court.
jencab on June 16, 2008 at 3:58 PM
“You only bring her on to f*** someone else.”
I thought that’s why you brought Bill on. ;)
Ed Driscoll on June 16, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Covert agent; but who is she really working for?
double-agent…triple agent….free agent?
Who is she working for now? Who was she working for?
This just keeps getting better and better.
rockhauler on June 16, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Time for Hillary to start thinking of a third party…Go Hillary, don’t take it.
Hillary the third party candidate.
right2bright on June 16, 2008 at 3:59 PM
she’s hot…
bernzright777 on June 16, 2008 at 3:41 PM
But not in the cerebral cortex.
Hillary brought her on as an affirmative action token, then forgot that the novelas are on TV in the afternoon.
TexasJew on June 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Who cares about her “cerebral cortex”? She’s a cutie! With a good looking woman like this, I can look the other way when it comes to ideology.
So Texas, are you saying you’d take Mary Matalin over Ms. Doyle?
RWLA on June 16, 2008 at 4:02 PM
What is wrong with you guys? She’s a DEMON-CRAT, for crying out loud!
FWIW, most hot babes are out of warranty (she ain’t no hottie anyway). Translation - excess mileage.
platypus on June 16, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Ooops. Just saw a close up. Still cute, but not so hot anymore. I’d still do horrible, terrible things to her, but only once. No return trips.
RWLA on June 16, 2008 at 4:07 PM
What is wrong with you guys? She’s a DEMON-CRAT, for crying out loud!
FWIW, most hot babes are out of warranty (she ain’t no hottie anyway). Translation - excess mileage.
platypus on June 16, 2008 at 4:07 PM
So you only date conservative women, or worse, Republicans? (Date or dated, depending on your marital status) If so, you’re leaving a lot of trim on the table.
RWLA on June 16, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Better look at some other pics, she definitely does not deserve the title of “hot”.
This is the kind of stuff this “hot chick” was responsible for.
right2bright on June 16, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Yeah, she’s kinda cute on the front page pic.
DaveS on June 16, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Good god, I can’t fathom you people. You let a political label override everything else? Shallow, man. Very shallow.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2008 at 4:13 PM
She is being used as a signal to the Hispanic community. Her parents immigrated from Mexico and her brother is a alderman in Chicago.
patrick neid on June 16, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Good god, I can’t fathom you people. You let a political label override everything else? Shallow, man. Very shallow.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2008 at 4:13 PM
You know what I’m saying. Poon first, ideology second, RIGHT?
RWLA on June 16, 2008 at 4:24 PM
She’s hot; no doubt.
Jaibones on June 16, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Guys: calm down….consider where she’s been!
There are some things antibiotics can’t cure….
landlines on June 16, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Hope? Change?
No hope, meet unchanged.
Brat on June 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Agree 100%.
She was famous for being the first Latina to run a national campaign.
This is just Barry going for the brown vote.
ChrisM on June 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM
I think the ‘cerebral cortex’ thing points to something other than her party affiliation. From reading that article, she’s has very high opinion of herself, she had now idea how to do her job, and she’s a snotty overbearing bitch.
She’s an idiot and a Democrat.
Or is that an oxymoron??
BigWyo on June 16, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Wow is this lady hot…
AlexB on June 16, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Hell hath no fury than that of a liberal scorned by another liberal… AGAIN !
The PUMAs will be going over the edge now.
singlemalt_18 on June 16, 2008 at 4:54 PM
If I were her I wouldn’t go jogging alone.
MB007 on June 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Exactly!
Texas Gal on June 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Bingo.
Foisting her onto his wannabe VP is funny. He’s not about to put her in a position of power in his own campaign — ‘cuz Barry wants to actually win!
AZCoyote on June 16, 2008 at 5:04 PM
But I repeat myself.
BigWyo on June 16, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I believe that informal but exhaustive research on male opinion here at HotAir has concluded that “hot” and “stupid” is a great combination of qualities in a young woman.
Jaibones on June 16, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Any more buttons on that jacket she’s wearing and she’ll be ready for the people in the white coats.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on June 16, 2008 at 5:59 PM
The woman is a not ready for the big leagues as proved by her dismal appearances at the big show. She needs a few more years in the farm league.
If Obama must pander to Hispanics, why not go way outside the box? Like outside of the country? Chavez? Castro?
***
Hot?
Methinks not. I see cuteness. But I really think “hot” is way overstating the case.
What’s up guys? Damn, is there a drought or something? It usually takes a pretty good dry spell before one starts lowering standards.
The Race Card on June 16, 2008 at 5:59 PM
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/26200/thumbs/s-DOYLE-large.jpg
No thanks.
The Race Card on June 16, 2008 at 6:14 PM
I wouldn’t say she’s hot, but I’d definitely tap that, no question. Then again, I have a thing for women with a little mileage on them; I’ve probably seen “The Graduate” too many times.
Travis Bickle on June 16, 2008 at 6:15 PM
She’d look good hanging all over you.
Zorro on June 16, 2008 at 6:17 PM
wouldn’t say she’s hot, but I’d definitely tap that, no question. Then again, I have a thing for women with a little mileage on them; I’ve probably seen “The Graduate” too many times.
Travis Bickle on June 16, 2008 at 6:15 PM
She’s a cougar, or as 25 Cent would say, “cougaa”. I dig it regardless.
RWLA on June 16, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Yep ! ! She’s a pretty
lady. (Not sure of the lady part)Texyank on June 16, 2008 at 6:37 PM
I wonder if Michelle Obama urged her husband to hire Doyle–and Obama sacrificed good political judgment to satisfy his wife?
Kralizec on June 16, 2008 at 7:23 PM
I have no idea how those inner circles truly operate. I would say that on its face this:
sounds weird. Hillary teaching Obama how to win campaigns? Really?
freevillage on June 16, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Hispanic women are always in a hurry with it. Too rushed for my tastes regardless of how well put together a lot of them seem to be :).
pc on June 16, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Well,when Leon Panetta,and Paul Begala,two loyal
Clinton die-hards join Obama’s Majic Bus Tour????
canopfor on June 16, 2008 at 8:47 PM
She was born in Chicago and her oldest brother is an alderman from the 25th ward and she broke into politics on the Daley Mayoral campaign.
She ran most of Hillary’s campaigns for Senate and had a lot to do with Bills and all of a sudden Hill had her campaign before Iowa fall off the tracks to give Obama a running start.
I would look more for some old connections pulling her in to work a less than tip top effort for Hill to get this done or somebody from Chicago made her an offer that she couldn’t refuse.
Dem machine politics in Chicago are legend it looks like she pulled it up short for Hill and now gets a soft job as a thank you.
CommentGuy on June 16, 2008 at 9:32 PM
Bingo
The Chicago machine is easily worth 30 million in a Presidential election.
America does not have hereditary government titles but it does help to be born with a ballot box in your mouth
entagor on June 16, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Tasty. Hmmmmm.
thegreatbeast on June 17, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Just more anti-whitey reinforcements to make sure the “white boys” are kept in their place.
Django on June 17, 2008 at 4:47 AM
How delicious. This doesn’t just flip Hilly ‘The Bird’, it’s two hands-worth of birds and then some.
GeneSmith on June 17, 2008 at 7:39 AM
Not sure I’d bring her on to f*** someone else.
James on June 17, 2008 at 10:35 AM