Patti Solis Doyle

I can't think of any reason why the Obama campaign would want to hire Patti Solís-Doyle given how grossly she mismanaged the Clinton campaign. Ok, I can understand it : She was after all Ms. Clinton's Chief Of Staff during her 8 years and her connections to the Clintonistas (at least the ones that may still survive) may still be valuable.

Yet I really have a hard time believing that, outside of her street cred as a high ranking Latina in the Democratic Party, she can bring anything new or coherent to the Obama campaign.

Still with her addition to the campaign, not only are they creating buzz, but they're obviously are looking to have more Latino faces in the campaign team. CNN has the latest list of recruits :

Constituency Director: Brian Bond – formerly LGBT Outreach Director at the DNC

National Field Director: Jon Carson – formerly Obama for America Voter Contact Director

Senior Advisor to the Campaign and Chief of Staff to Michelle Obama: Stephanie Cutter

I've heard some anti-immigrant sentiment recently but I'm not feeling it. I'm proud that Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, is Mexican-American, second-generation. Diversity works for the Democratic Party.

Today, I received the following e-mail from Patti Solis Doyle:

Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:35:02 -0400 (EDT)

From: "Patti Solis Doyle, Hillary for President"

To: francislholland@yahoo.com

Subject: RE: I never could have anticipated

Dear Francis,

I just got off the phone after giving Hillary an update on our online fundraising before tonight's FEC deadline. We're both blown away by the incredible response to the message she sent yesterday.

Now there are just a few hours left. At midnight tonight, we have to close the books on the first quarter. When all the campaigns' fundraising reports come out, they will set the tone of the race for months to come. As Hillary's campaign manager, I'm telling you right now, every dollar we bring in before midnight will make a difference.