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Penn: Behind Obama's Online Successes, a Traditional-Media Echo Chamber

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:18:02 -0500

If you ask Mark Penn, the whole Barack Obama-as-online-phenomenon storyline has been considerably overstated.

In fact, Obama’s victory in the presidential primary was fueled more by “traditional media” than “social media,” Penn, a former top Hillary Clinton strategist, said last night.

Penn was speaking at a 92 Street Y panel discussion about public relations when the moderator, journalist Matt Bishop of the Economist, turned to Obama, and sad, “The myth is social media won...

A Hillary Finance Person for Saujani

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:24:09 -0500

Hillary Clinton's former deputy finance director for New York State is promoting Reshma Saujani’s campaign against Representative Carolyn Maloney.

Annie Mullaly emailed friends this afternoon to say, “Reshma is a loyal, smart, dedicated activist. And she doesn't back down from a challenge which is why she's decided to enter this race.”

UPDATE: Add one more Clinton alum to the mix. Ben Yarrow, who did press and wrote speeches for Bill Clinton, is handling press for...

Wolfson and Garin

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:05:47 -0400

When Mark Penn was dislodged from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, the two people who stepped up to try righting the ship were Howard Wolfson and Geoffrey Garin.

Now, they’re working for rival candidates in the mayoral race.

After Garin released internal poll numbers yesterday showing Bill Thompson is closing the gap, Wolfson, in defense of his candidate, Michael Bloomberg, trashed Garin’s work.

In a public statement today, Wolfson said, “Bill Thompson’s poll gives new meaning to the...