Solis-Doyle got fired by the Clinton campaign, and blamed for the Iowa debacle.

I'd say her hire makes it less likely that Clinton will be the VP nominee.

I think its the opposite. Solis Doyle was fired and apparently she and Clinton haven't spoken since then.

In fact, I just think this is symbolism given that she is a female Hispanic Hillarylander.

I don't think Solis-Doyle's hire means anything other than how seriously the Obama team is taking the VP search. Ususally, VP nominees come in with their own people -- and that might happen. But managing a Senator or Governor is different than managing a VP selection in a presidential race... I imagine they're bringing in someone of her caliber so whoever they pick will hit the ground running. My guess is they (rightly) don't think there'll be any honeymoon inbetween "picking" and "fox news trashing."

went and hired Terry McC, Howard Wolfson, or (shudder) Mark Penn.

But they wouldn't, being interested in winning and all.

"a longtime Democratic strategist who worked as Senator John Kerry's communications director in 2004"

Uh.. considering how his campaign handled the whole swiftboating debacle I don't see how this is a good thing?

The only way Obama wins this is by picking Hillary as his V..P.

He's barely ahead in the Gallup poll for christ's sake!

He needs her!

Oh noes!

maybe, maybe not? or is it maybe, maybe so?


[oh noes]

Great, now she can spend half a million on a campaign box lunch... color me not impressed...

"Barack Obama is the President-elect"
by Jerome Armstrong
Is this a validation for Hillary Clinton?  What does this mean for her future?

Patti Solis Doyle. Seriously?

I wonder if Obama is planning on going with a woman, and if not Hillary who??

betrayed Clinton's trust and loyalty by overspending Hillary's campaign cash, and she was leaning to Obama before Hillary's campaign was over a treacherous breach of loyalty.

Since the Clinton's favor loyalty and since the FIRED Patti,  I don't see this as a sign that Clinton will accept VP, but more likely the opposite.

Who knows, maybe this was a result of the meeting between BO and HRC. The position might have been one of many offered. This spot may have been her choice? Then again......

The hire of Doyle raises the chances that Clinton is the VP choice of Obama.

Wishful thinking.  Doyle and Clinton haven't spoken since her ouster, according to the NYT post-mortem:

Mrs. Clinton dumped her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, who had been with her since 1992, and the two have not spoken since.

 Unlikely she'd be excited to be Hillary's new chief of staff.

People who think Obama is going to take Clinton as his VP are delusional. Among a million other reasons are that she would undermine his message, she's got too much baggage and she wouldn't bring anything to the ticket others couldn't.

Hillary fired Patty Solis Doyle.  Most of her campaign blames her (along with Mark Penn) for the decision not to compete in all those small February states, especially the caucus states.

The odds of her being hired to clear the way for Hillary to come in seems pretty slim since it's doubtful Hillary would want her running her VP campaign after firing her for her failures on the Presidential.

In fact, it's hard to see any VP nominee simply accepting an Obama person being forced on them rather than making their own choice for Chief of Staff.

They said they were going to hire her months ago, so I don't think it was a decision based on their VP choice.

Lanny Davis will be joining Karl Rove at Fox News.

His description of Fox is that it was THE only network that was fair to Hillary!

Why would Obama pick Hillary's presidential campaign manager to run his VP's office??  Either Obama is picking Hillary for VP or he is spitting in her face.  I don't think Obama is that spiteful.  It looks like Hillary will be his VP.  

Another poll shows that putting Clinton on the ticket hurts Obama more than it helps.

Asked what effect having Clinton as the Democratic vice presidential candidate would have on their vote, 19 percent of Nevadans said it would make them more likely to vote for Obama, while 28 percent said they would be less likely to vote for him. Fifty-one percent said it would have no effect.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/19954494.html

She was forced out of the Hillary campaign for alleged incompetence, remember?

Plus, you don't pick Hillary's Chief of Staff for her. She picks her own, if she's the VP. Or at least she gets the chance to name someone.

This strongly idcates that Obama is ruling Hillary out.

Future Jerome posts:
"Obama blew a huge opportunity by picking [somone besides Senator Clinton] for VP. I'm seriously worried about our chances in November."

"So, Obama won, but he would have won by much bigger margin if he had put Clinton on the ticket. It's not to late - electors don't officially vote for a few weeks!"

"Inauguration day. It just occurred to me, is Obama even going to know where the White House is? He should really ask Senator Clinton for help."

"Obama's presidency has failed to bring all the troops back from Iraq, healthcare is still a mess, and little has changed since Bush left office. He's had a whole 13 hours to get stuff done, but I think it's already pretty clear that he can't cut it. Better get Senator Clinton on the line..."

"Obama's SOTU is getting way too much applause - it looks tacky. Senator Clinton could probably help with that."

"Sure the economy is up - but I can't help but think how much more up it would be if Senator Clinton were in office."

"I really think Obama is vulnerable to a primary challenge next year - you heard it here first."

"So, President Obama has 'won' reelection - but look at how he did among White women between the ages of 46.3 and 54.3 - that bodes ill for him."

"World peace, schmorld peace. Clinton would have done it better."

What we really need, at this point, is more polling showing how having Clinton on the ticket would hurt/ help, both nationally and in key states. I've seen a scattered poll here and there, but nothing conclusive.

Ben Smith points out that today is a day in which Obama is announcing TONS of added-on advisors. Can ANYONE still deny that the campaign isn't in "Pause" right now? He's making speeches, but nothing spectacular. He hasn't made giant press releases, hasn't made big ad buys. His biggest campaign stories have been structural. They want to start with a big, big bang. It's a super-smart move. Much smarter than McCain's "victory lap" of just walking to different areas.

Why oh why did Obama have to hire that loser? Even Hillary got rid of her.

about Patti joining Obama campaign as far as May 19th before the primary ended. The original plan probably was part of his campaign outreach to Hispanic voting bloc and creating fissure within HRC camp by coopting someone close to HRC who had to leave the Clinton campaign.

http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/p olitics/blog/2008/05/patti_solis_doyle_t o_join_obam.html

Does today her joining the Obama campaign means HRC joining the ticket? I'm hoping it is true but not as sure. I still think Caroline Kennedy and Michelle Obama would veto HRC.

If you want to read tea leaves, Solis Doyle's appointment might suggest that Obama is considering as VP someone without an active staff ready for nationwide prime time. Some governors fit this bill. So does Sam Nunn.

It's good to get someone on board for this now so that the vp nominee's staff is well-integrated with the campaign in general.

I had a post questioning Solis Doyle's new position in the Obama campaign on another liberal website and I quoted an article from the WaPo.

My post was deleted.  It said nothing negative about Obama whatsoever.

Now I know that most of the mainstream liberal blogs have gotten on the Obama bandwagon and allow very little criticism of Obama, but when you are censored for questioning the lack of loyalty among Clinton staffers and asking if Solis Doyle- who had a long relationship with Axelrod- may have been a mole, you have to wonder if the Bush-ites of 2000 have become the Obama groupies of today.

I don't know if this post will stay on, but I hope that Hillary really looks at all her relationships and all the people she thought were loyal to her and her husband.

Time to clean house, Hillary.

Solis Doyle wasn't fired by Hillary Clinton.  She was just moved out as campaign manager into an advisory role.  She continued to work for the campaign.  Solis Doyle has never worked for anyone except Hillary Clinton since 1992.  They are VERY close.  This can mean nothing less than Hillary as VP.  

Can everyone get their facts straight.  Doyle wasn't fired by Hillary Clinton.  She was moved from the role of campaign manager into an advisory role.  She continued to work for Hillary in the campaign.  Hillary would not fire Doyle.  They are too close and go back almost 20 years.

Jerome,

ou'll recall, in 2004, that Kerry went out and hired an Edwards staffer for this position, in the weeks leading up to the announcement of Edwards as VP.

Actually as I recall it, her hired a top Gephardt aide, which fed speculation it would be Gep. In fact, as I recall, I read it from a very reliable source

http://www.mydd.com/story/2004/7/5/5557/ 36979

Frankly, as a Hillary supporter who has now thrown her support 110% behind Obama (before you all start jumping on me), I hope she doesn't take the VP spot if it's offered to her.
Keeping her senate seat and supporting Obama's health care proposals or perhaps working in his cabinet in some capacity would be much more suited to her.
And there's no denying that a former president as the "First Gentleman" just can't work in any frame.

Since the Clinton's favor loyalty and since the FIRED Patti, I don't see this as a sign that Clinton will accept VP, but more likely the opposite.