by hebi, Tue Apr 08, 2008 at 06:34:02 AM EDT
You can allways count on Gov. Ed Rendell to be painfully honest.
Demoting Penn ??? No way, under the bus with this guy !!!!
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/200 8/04/gov-rendell-cli.html
Tags: Penn, Rendell, USA Today (all tags)
Not only honest but smart.
Senator Clinton really needs to follow Gov. Rendell's advice, he is a true friend and supporter, not somebody who just tells her what she wants to hear.
Rendell answered a question with an offhand "yes".
It really is not that big a deal. This obsession with Penn by Obama's supporters is mostly funny. They always seem to need a boogyman to rant against.
reporter :
Do you think they should cut him off completely, I mean ...
Rendell :
Oh I would
Reporter :
You would
Rendell :
Yeah
Must be my limited understanding of English, but that really doesn't sound offhand to me.
Seems many Clinton supporters don;t share your enthusiasm for Penn. I have seen him bashed here on a regular basis by Clinton supporters, some of whom have been calling for his ouster since the night of the Iowa caucus.
Are you responding to a claim of enthusiasm for Penn, or a claim that Obama supporters are strangely fixated on Penn?
I know the answer, do you?
And if you know the answer, then doesn't acknowledging it constitute an admission that you are kinda sorta trolling?
"This obsession with Penn"
It is unfair. What is all the fuss about? I mean, ALL THREE FIRMS hired by Colombia to push their trade deal have DIRECT ties to the Clintons....why is Penn the scapegoat.
Personally - I hope Clinton keeps him. He has succeeded in screwing up what was once an inevitable victory lap for the Clintons.
And by keeping him - she is firing up a base that had previously been rather quiet (despite their endorsement of Obama)...the Unions.
Hoffa's teamsters are on the road today....spreading the message through PA.
You can always count on Gov. Ed Rendell to be painfully dishonest.
But unlike Bob Casey Jr. (whom he played a big role to elect), he's intelligent.
Don't care about Casey. But considering all the dumb things Rendell has said, not to mention wrecking his own political career by being a hatchet man for Hillary, I'd say he isn't very smary either.
I lived in PA for over 20 years and know Rendell personally. He has a bedrock of support in Philly.
In fact, I went gay bar hopping with him the night before his last election. He does it for luck.
The people of PA know and like Ed Rendell. Supporting Hillary will not harm him. Only Obama cult members would think that way.
Rendell will likely be the next Senator from PA, replacing Specter.
It's good that the people of PA like Rendell because his political career will go no further than there after the garbage he's hauled for Hillary.
I'm sure Rendell will try to mend his fences. But that cabinet position the Clintons promised him is definitely off the table.
Now that may be true!
My point was only that we see how quickly HRC supporters jump on those who support Obama...and its not constructive, b/c when there is one nominee - we want every damn democrat 'busting a hump'. I found it difficult to read all of the attacks on Dodd, Richardson, Casey, Daschle...not b/c I am naive and dont think people have faults...but b/c of where the attacks were coming from...other democrats...at a time when the real enemy is McCain.
But again, I agree it will be a tough see for Rendell (unless he is seen as 'delivering' PA) to Obama, if Obama is the nominee.
McCain is the real enemy? You wouldn't know it from this blog which constantly bashes the Democratic Party's certain nominee.
No. I think he has damaged himself not by simply backing the wrong horse, but by doing it in a most unsavory manner.
Wasn't he the one that implied that leaders in PA should be careful who they endorse lest they piss off the Governor who gives them funds?
Wondering...
Just to save people clicking, part of the linked report goes:
Gov. Rendell: Clinton should dump Penn altogether
Mark Penn shouldn't just be out of his job as chief strategist for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, he should be cut off completely from her operation, one of the senator's most important supporters says.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell told USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely yesterday that Penn "was just dead wrong" when he took on the job of promoting a trade deal that the Colombian government wants to strike with the USA even though Clinton opposes that trade pact.
Man, I wish this guy had backed Obama. I like him a lot. I do, however, find much solace in his repeated comments where he (like a good democrat...and smart one too!) will 'bust a hump' for whoever runs against McCain (i.e., HRC or BHO). That is loyalty to the party and its ideas. But again, I wish he were stumping for Obama in PA...
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