Michael Whouley working with Clinton campaign

[Adelante]

This was news to me. He's an interesting guy, because campaign operators have become so out front; yet unlike most whose faces are all over the media, he mainly stays behind the scenes.

Magical. Mysterious. Scary. All those adjectives to the Bostonian named Michael Whouley, probably the most famous, least-attention seeking and most-regarded political organizer of his generation. If there is a vote to be gotten, he is the best getter.

According to a campaign official, Mr. Whouley has been brought in an as extra set of eyes for the Clinton campaign. He's finishing a review of the campaign's New Hampshire field operation at the moment.

So far, so good: Whouley apparently likes what he sees.

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In 2004, he helped John Kerry turn around his fortunes in Iowa. He was Kerry's annointed field czar in the general election, and, horrors, actually found himself conducting telephonic phone briefings with the press.

In 2007, he waited for Kerry to decide whether to run; when Kerry did not, he privately agreed to help the Clinton campaign.

(Note: the Page reported on 12/14 that Whouley was a secret "conscript" in Clinton's army.)

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[Tamburlaine]

1. Sigh.

I don't mind Hillary Clinton at all, but, speaking as a Biden fan, this isn't great news for the other candidates in Iowa.

In my opinion, Whouley is THE BEST you can have in Iowa.

[Tamburlaine]

3. But re-reading

I see that Whouley's focus will be New Hampshire this time around. Interesting. He did remarkable work for John Kerry in Iowa in 2004.

[blm]

5. Which means he doesn't believe he can help Hillary in Iowa. GOOD.

And though I like Whouley, I can only hope there is nothing even he can do to help Hillary. It's not like Whouley has the firefighters helping him in every community the way he had with both Gore and Kerry. Thankfully.

[MethuenProgressive]

2. Big. Gun.

Less than three weeks, though.

[Adelante]

4. This really does impress me

Any campaign would be lucky to have him.