Ever since the Obama camp announced Patti Solis-Doyle would be joining their team as the Chief of Staff for the yet-to-be-chosen Vice Presidential candidate, I’ve been wondering if she was always a part of their team.
Afterall, Taylor Marsh informs us, and others confirm that Solis-Doyle has a 20 year relationship with David Axelrod, Obama’s puppet master. Further, over at No Quarter, Larry Johnson reveals that Solis-Doyle used to work for Richard Daley and her brother is a Chicago alderman. Clearly, the Solis-Doyle, Axelrod ties run deep.
In addition, Steve Clemons, over at the Washington Note reported back in March:
Patti Solis Doyle allegedly bred a lot of ill will inside the campaign among staffers. Many Clinton aides talked about how she had a wall erected between herself and the rest of the campaign staff in Iowa. Others who had been around for Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign talked about how Patti Solis Doyle had shut down the campaign office for two full days in order to watch the collected DVD set of “Grey’s Anatomy.” I’m not kidding. [emphasis mine]
On top of those clear failures, she also horribly mismanaged the Clinton campaign financially.
One Clinton backer said what everyone was thinking:
“Who can blame Obama for rewarding Patti? He would never be the nominee without her,” one person who has worked for both Clintons and remains close to them said.
The question isn’t whether she helped him, it’s whether she did it knowingly. Had Hillary won Iowa, the outcome would probably be very different today. Patti Solis-Doyle was ultimately the architect of Hillary’s Iowa defeat (Obama and Edward’s tactics excluded).
In my estimation, Patti Solis-Doyle was a mole.
