KUDOS . . . I was getting all excited, but he will still be in the room . . . and he will still be getting paid.

The PA unions will not stand for his anti-labor firm!!

I guess you can't recognize saving face when you see it.

He WILL have a lower profile.

I'll miss those abrasive attacks.

Ahh, if only she'd done this several months ago. I feel it's too little, too late now.

Of course he is not going to leave. She owes him money like she owes $9million to other vendors.

In fact, this is one of the best measures that her failed campaign is winding down. When you start to those owed money beginning to be paid. Always chase the money.

More of the same from the Clinton's. I'm so glad I realized in time how bad Hillary would be as our Nominee. I really wanted to support her as a woman but the last month has changed my mind. The Clinton's have become too crooked and will just squabble endlessly with the vast right wing conspiracy and nothing will ever change- AGAIN. Someday we will have a woman President, just not this one.  And the more I listened and learned about Obama I realized just how transformational he could be as President. Just open your mind and give him a chance.

Your dairy is much similar (word to word) to Dawnt's dairy at Dailykos. Unless you're the same person wouldn't it be nice to atleast refer it?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/6/2 0620/63110/928/489260

Secondly the Nation article and the dairy makes ironically a Clintonian parsing argument on whether Maggie Williams' memo actually is an announcement of Mark Penn's resignation. In my world, a company providing polling data and advice is very much different than the CEO of the company actively involved in the campaign as Chief Strategist.

Remember Shaheen?  First he resigned, and then Hillary said she fired him.  

Did Penn step out, tired of being blamed for Hillary's losses?  Or did she push him out, tired of being blamed for her losses?

But, since he isn't really out, and will still play an advisory role, I can't imagine the unions will be happy with this.

I can see the next headlines: Hillary fires Penn again.

Give me a break.  Are you serious in that you can't read between the lines? This is no different than a director leaving a movie because of "creative differences" - code for "I got fired, but we're trying to save me some embarrassment".

We all know that Hillary and everything she does is nefarious, but this is ridiculous.

Mark Halperin:

Although the campaign's statement announcing Penn's departure as chief strategist suggested he would continue to give advice to her effort, it is impossible to overstate how fundamental a change this represents in Clinton's campaign.

And as for your bizarre word parsing nonsense about the difference between "manager" and "coordinate", try this:

Communications director Howard Wolfson and pollster Geoff Garin will direct the campaign's message and strategic efforts for the campaign going forward, Williams said.

Is directing the campaign's message good enough for you, or should Hillary have Penn drawn and quartered and then launched into space?

We all know that Penn sucks. And now he's done.  Finished. Kaput.

And while we're firing losers, why not encourage Obama to fire  Robert Gibbs? He's just as unsavory as Penn, if not more so.

I doubt anyone can convince you of anything you don't want to believe, but here's a little more for you.  Maybe this will make you understand that Penn is no more:

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Penn, who serves as chief executive of public relations giant Burson-Marsteller, met with Colombian officials March 31 to help craft strategy to move the Colombian Free Trade agreement through Congress. Penn later issued a statement apologizing for the meeting, calling it an "error in judgment."
But the apology evidently wasn't sufficient. Aides said both Hillary and Bill Clinton were deeply angry upon hearing of the meeting and that Penn was quickly pushed to leave.
The trade deal flap effectively ended an unusually tight relationship between Penn and both Clintons since Penn was recruited to provide polling and strategic advice to Bill Clinton's re-election campaign in 1996.

Emphasis is mine.