Mark Penn takes a hit
WASHINGTON — The campaign strategist for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is taking some heat from labor leaders.
Change to Win executive director Greg Tarpinian spoke out about reports that Clinton’s chief campaign strategist Mark Penn met Monday with Colombia’s ambassador regarding the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
“It’s time for Sen. Hillary Clinton to send her vaunted ‘chief strategist’ Mark Penn packing — back to his job consulting for union-busting corporations and anti-labor governments for good…The latest revelation that Penn — whose firm represents the Colombian government in its effort to secure passage of a so-called free-trade agreement — is actively involved in securing its passage in the middle of Sen. Clinton’s presidential campaign is outrageous. It also suggests that he has been playing a double role – advising the senator on what to say to curry Democratic voters and advising the Colombian government on what to say to curry a majority of votes in Congress.”
Bruce Raynor, president of UNITE HERE, said, “That Clinton’s chief strategist would be working hand in hand with the government of Columbia and the Bush administration while candidate Clinton
says she opposes the agreement is truly incredible, even by today’s crazy standards.
“ A disturbing pattern is emerging in the Clinton campaign,” Raynor said. “She seems to regularly take positions on important issues which are refuted by her own actions, or those of her top campaign staff.”
Change to Win supports Barack Obama’s presidential bid. It bears noting that a few weeks ago it was reported that as Obama was blasting NAFTA, a campaign aide was apparently telling the Canadian government that it shouldn’t worry, because the talk was mostly campaign rhetoric.



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