(some inside baseball for real political junkies)
from:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0107/2485.htmlBy: Ben Smith
January 26, 2007 11:36 PM EST
(snip)
"A partnership that transformed polling, saved Bill Clinton's presidency, and brought political consulting from the back rooms into the realm of big, international business quietly dissolved at the end of last year, when Doug Schoen ended his business relationship with Mark Penn.
Schoen said in an email that he is retiring to become a contributor for the Fox News Channel and write a book about creating "the most successful political consulting firm in recent memory....
"They played central roles in shaping President Bill Clinton's recovery from the low points of his first term, and in steering his 1996 re-election campaign with poll-tested micro-initiatives and a scramble to get back to the political center....
"Penn, meanwhile, is now best known as one of Hillary Clinton's most influential advisor, her main pollster and a crafter of her nuanced public persona...."