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Penn resigned his spot as chief campaign strategist on Sunday after revelations that he had advised the Colombian government on a trade treaty that his long-time client opposed. Early the next week, Penn was replaced by another former Crimson writer and prominent pollster, Geoffrey D. Garin ’75, who along with communications director Howard Wolfson will set the message of the faltering Clinton campaign...
...Garin is the president of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, also a leading national survey research firm. He has a similarly expansive résumé, having helped the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the AFL-CIO, and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. He also has a political history that may help the struggling Clinton campaign, having aided Virginia Governor Mark Warner, General Wesley Clark, and various senators...
While the two differed in year and residence—Garin lived in Quincy House, Penn in Leverett House—they knew each other well from working on The Crimson. Garin credits The Crimson—for which he was the political editor, and where he says he spent twelve hours a day—for providing not only many long-lasting relationships, but also an “incredibly important learning experience as important as anything else I learned in school...
...Mark Penn already knew he wanted to be a pollster when he was working at The Crimson. I did not,” says Garin, who concentrated in Social Studies...
...lesser role will take time." But time is what Clinton is lacking now, and the early indications are that Penn remains entrenched. The campaign announced Sunday that his duties as chief strategist will now be carried out by communications director Howard Wolfson and pollster Geoff Garin, who joined the campaign a few weeks ago. But the morning after his demotion, Penn participated in a morning conference call of the campaign's inner circle, and he was involved in debate preparation that afternoon...