Comments on: Gore, Solis Doyle, Iraq: Obama prepares himself for the months ahead

By: dannity

dannity — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:39:00 +0000

Her dealings with Axelrod? You know who else is close with David Axelrod? Hillary Clinton.

Stick that in your consiracy pipe and smoke it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:22:00 +0000

So CNN is part of the Clinton “mob” by reporting her dealings with Axelrod? If so, then let Doyle sue CNN. Hillary and Doyle have reportedly parted friends as a result of this. Obama should think twice about hiring someone that stabs a longtime friend in the back. Questionable allegiances are not solid footings for a president to be. Rev. Wright comes to mind. What would Obama give to have cut him off earlier? Judgement is at stake here. Obama claims to have it, but he fails to show it.

By: dannity

dannity — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:08:00 +0000

I’m always surprised at the level of viciousness coming from the Clinton camp towards those who leave the Clinton camp. Patti Solis Dolye is someone who spent her whole life working with and for Hillary Clinton, and was one of her closest friends. While it’s debatable how solid a job she did for Hillary during the nomination battle, what’s not debatable is that the entire Clinton campaign was lackluster and dysfunctional from top to bottom. Patti Solis Dolye took the hit for the entire campaign underperforming and was axed. And there was a LOT of nasty stuff that was written up about her in the aftermath questioning her work ethic, her professionalism, and her managerial skills. These stories came from within the Clinton camp. Her lifelong friendship with Hillary was trashed, and by all accounts, they haven’t spoken since. Yet, when word came that Obama was interested in hiring her, people from the Clinton camp whispered that this would be looked at as an act of disloyalty. This is after they fired her and TRASHED HER REP PUBLICALLY! Unbelievable.

Now she’s some sort of “double-agent” and Obama has “dissed” Hillary by hiring her in her new role. It’s almost like working with the Clinton’s is like joining the mob. Once you’re in, you can’t get back out again without bloodshed.

After thinking about it, I look at this hire as a way for Obama to reach out to Clinton staffers who want to work with the Presidential nominee, but are being held by the Clinton’s strange sense of “ownership”. If PSD can be rehired and trusted to do the task that Clinton axed her from, then there’s room for others if they’re willing to take the plunge. It’s a message to Hillaryland more than it is to Hillary herself.

By: Taniel

Taniel — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:36:00 +0000

Anon,
Solis Doyle has been one of the closest advisers to Hillary since the early 1990s. That she was close to many in the Obama campaign was not a secret, but it is absurd to suggest her allegiance wasn’t entirely Clinton’s.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:04:00 +0000

Doyle was working for Clinton, while engaged in a personal relationship with Axelrod. This was reported last night on CNN. Hiring her was incredibly foolish. Her allegiances are phony and this will come back to haunt Obama. Double-agents are not trustworthy. She might be really working for McCain.