Along with the departures of campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle and deputy campaign manager Mike Henry, the Clinton campaign today revealed that two of its longtime online operation leaders are moving on.
“As part of the expansion of our Internet department following a tremendously successful month online, we will be adding 4 new staffers, two of whom will replace Kevin Thurman and Crystal Patterson, who moved on to new positions,” said Clinton internet director Peter Daou. “Kevin and Crystal have been valued members of our team and we are grateful to them for their contribution to the campaign.”
Thurman had come to the Clinton campaign from Tom Vilsack’s brief presidential effort, while Patterson previously worked for Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, who this year endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
So I go over to Hillary’s blog to check out the changes and the first thing I read is this bit of campaign strategy from Mark Penn:
This election will come down to delegates.
I guess that’s why Penn gets the big bucks.