Obama takes ME - Clinton Picks New Manager

A state that the Clinton campaign was expecting to take has been seized by the Obama avalanche.

This minor blow comes in the wake of news that the Clinton campaign manager has resigned and will be replaced by Clinton’s ex-chief of staff during her tenure as NY senator.

Clinton’s new campaign manager, Maggie Williams, served as her chief of staff when the New York senator was first lady.  Williams joined Clinton’s campaign after her third-place showing in the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3. At the time, Solis Doyle was urged to remain on board as campaign manager.

Now former-campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle will remain on the staff as a Senior Advisor to the Clinton campaign.

Patti Solis Doyle has been reassigned to a senior adviser’s job, the Clinton campaign announced in a memo to its staff.

Doyle explained in an e-mailed to the campaign staff Sunday.

“This has already been the longest presidential campaign in the history of our nation, and one that has required enormous sacrifices from all of us and our families.”

Clinton praised her long-standing campaign manager for a job well-done.  She issued the following statement:

“Patti Solis Doyle has done an extraordinary job in getting us to this point — within reach of the nomination — and I am enormously grateful for her friendship and her outstanding work [...] Patti and I have worked with Maggie Williams for more than a decade,” said the statement. “I am lucky to have Maggie on board and I know she will lead our campaign with great skill towards the nomination.”

Fred Soto is an Attorney and Entrepreneur from the Silicon Valley.
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