This article by Ben Smith on Politico has been getting a lot of buzz today. There are a number of articles about it on Google News, right now, some of them rather entertaining.
Ben Smith is reporting that there are talks under way about Hillary strategist Patty Solis-Doyle, who was fired in March, coming to work for Obama. I'll try not to characterize it too much, because that might be dangerous. Ben Smith leaves some questions unanswered. This is such a bombshell, though, that I can't believe we won't hear more about it soon. If there are more Hillary staffers preparing to jump ship and climb on the USS Obama, that's a good sign this thing isn't going to turn into a scorched earth take-it-to-the-floor strategy after June 3.
Top Hillarylander mulls Obama job
By BEN SMITH | 5/19/08 1:31 PM EST
Hillary Rodham Clinton's former campaign manager and confidante, Patti Solis Doyle, and Sen. Barack Obama's top adviser have informally discussed the former Clintonite's going to work for the Obama campaign in the general election.Solis Doyle's possible hiring is a major breach not just in Clinton's campaign but in the political universe known as "Hillaryland," a term Solis Doyle reportedly coined after joining the Clintons in 1991 as the first lady's personal scheduler. She was forced out of Hillary Clinton's campaign in February amid internal criticism about her spending practices and preparation for upcoming contests.
"I've talked to Patti throughout. I know that she wants to be helpful in a general election campaign, and we appreciate that," Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod told Politico, declining directly to answer the question of whether he and Solis Doyle had discussed her working for the campaign...
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