Clinton Staff Throwing Mark Penn Under the Bus

I think we can all see the writing on the wall...

Said Ickes: "Mark Penn has run this campaign. Besides Hillary Clinton, he is the single most responsible person for this campaign... It’s pretty plain for anyone to see that he has shaped the strategy of the campaign. He has called the shots. Mark Penn has dominated the message in this campaign. Dominated it."

In a campaign, when a senior strategist is actually giving someone else credit for something, you know it's because the Apocalypse is coming. (Granted, Harold Ickes has been off his meds lately, but like Indira I'm skeptical that his presence will make much real difference one way or the other. There's nothing left to do now but spin.)

...Now, in the event of an unbelievable last-minute turnaround -- which is possible, this is American politics we're talking about -- watch how quickly our boy here would run to the cameras claiming responsibility...

Above: "Guess where I'm calling from? My CELLULAR PHONE!"

Will it help?

He's back on board, but I don't think he can make the difference.

As Ickes succintly puts, "She is better than her campaign." But, at this point, this isn't enough. How can she compete with the viral-like effectiveness of Obama's campaign? I mean, take a look at "Viva Obama" below. It's brilliant. If she continues losing it, I think it might because of her campaign and the way its run...

Check it out.