Clinton aide's PR firm is under attack

[babylonsister]

Clinton aide's PR firm is under attack
Labor activists say it does anti-union work. They want Mark Penn to quit the company or her presidential campaign.
By Peter Nicholas, Times Staff Writer
August 7, 2007


WASHINGTON — As she presses for a coveted endorsement from organized labor, presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is facing a backlash over the business ties of a top campaign aide who has angered the labor movement.

Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.) and her rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination are to speak today at an AFL-CIO candidate forum in Chicago. An endorsement promises brigades of union workers to knock on doors, drive people to the polls, and staff phone banks targeting potential voters.

Labor activists demand that Clinton give the aide, Mark J. Penn, a choice: sever connections to the public relations firm that he heads or leave the campaign.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-penn7aug07,1,6916995.story?ctrack=3&cset=true

[superkia]

1. I want to hold back on choosing a candidate but

everything I see of late tells me Clinton is who I believed her to be and I keep seeing one person stand out in the crowd for us. KUCINICH, KUCINICH, KUCINICH!

[Forkboy]

2. He should do one or the other without having to be asked.

[killbotfactory]

3. Why would Clinton care?

It's not like she's offering a whole lot to labor activists to begin with.