Clinton creates 'whip team' to quell anti-Obama protests

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Clinton Staff Guarding Against Denver Protests
Published 8/20/2008 by randyj at The Page - by Mark Halperin on TIME.com
... The New York Senator’s staffers are assembling a “whip team” to mobilize in case of anti-Obama protests by Clinton supporters during the convention. ...

NBC poll: McCain now within the margin of error — thanks to Hillary supporters
Published 8/20/2008 by Allahpundit at Hot Air » Top Picks
... of all voters say they’d vote for Hillary for president if she were running but they won’t for Obama. So diehard are her fans, in fact, that she’s had to put together a “whip team” to make sure they don’t do anything nutty to embarrass Barry O at the convention. (Would Obama’s camp let her go to that trouble if they knew she was going to be the nominee?) The hour is at hand, my friends. Which way do we root?

Clinton camp to create “whip team” for Dem convention
Published 8/21/2008 by Sister Toldjah at Sister Toldjah
... that they won’t go away quietly, Team Clinton has had to assemble a “whip” team in an effort to make sure the PUMA’s don’t embarass themselves … and La Clinton … during the DNC: ...

Everything that you need to know about how close to disaster...
Published 8/21/2008 by Moe Lane at RedState: Conservative News and Community
...the Democratic Convention in Denver is at right now. Really, the title alone is what you need: Clinton creates 'whip team' to quell anti-Obama protests In an unusual move, Hillary Clinton's staff is creating a 40-member "whip team" at the Denver Democratic convention to ensure that her supporters don't engage in embarrassing anti-Obama demonstrations during the floor vote on her nomination, according to people familiar with the planning. The team, which is being organized by longtime Clinton staffer Craig Smith, is ...

The Early Word: Obama's V.P. Want Ad
Published 8/21/2008 by By Michael Falcone at The Caucus
... , with such dominant figures as Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani slated for high-profile public appearances near the Democrats’ convention site. McCain ads will be broadcast, and the G.O.P. slogan is A Mile High and an Inch Deep, the Journal reports. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s team has created its own “whip team,” according to The Politico, to keep those rebel loyalists of hers in line during the roll call vote for her. The team fears the display of support may turn into an anti-Obama rally. That epic primary battle between Senators Clinton and Obama has fueled much ...

Clinton Works to Squash Dissent at Convention
Published 8/21/2008 at Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
The Crypt: "In an unusual move, Hillary Clinton's staff is creating a 40-member 'whip team' at the Denver Democratic convention to ensure that her supporters don't engage in embarrassing anti-Obama demonstrations during the floor vote on her nomination." ...

Day By Day by Chris Muir August 21, 2008
Published 8/21/2008 by Flap at FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
... are planning demonstrations at the Democrat National convention in Denver. However, Hillary has created a “whip team” to quell the embarassing anti-Obama convention moments. ...

Tom DeLay: On the Road Again
Published 8/21/2008 at Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog
... Readers, If you couldn’t already tell, I’ve been on a vacation/fact-finding trip up to the northern part of our beautiful country and unable to post. Sorry for that, but there will be more to come as my good friends Ken Blackwell and Bob Beauprez join their CCM activists in Denver to combat the liberals – even those too liberal to blend in - and as I head to St. Paul for the Republican convention. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy the Olympics …and the conventions . Keep the Faith, Tom DeLay

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Published 8/21/2008 by Katherine Connell at The Corner
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Clinton "Whip Team" Organized to Slay PUMAs
Published 8/21/2008 by Jonathan Stein at MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentary
... Clinton "Whip Team" Organized to Slay PUMAs Clinton supporters hoping to agitate at the convention (starting Monday!) will face some friendly fire . In an unusual move, Hillary Clinton's staff is creating a 40-member "whip team" at the Denver Democratic convention to ensure that her supporters don't engage in embarrassing anti-Obama demonstrations during the floor vote on her nomination, according to people familiar with the planning. The team, which is being organized by longtime Clinton staffer Craig Smith, is working in conjunction with Obama's floor organizers to help ...

Clinton calls in convention back-up
Published 8/21/2008 by Amanda Erickson at The Swamp
... a 40-member group that will keep her supporters in line during the Denver convention. "If people get down there on the floor and want to start blowing kazoos and making a scene we want to make sure we've got people who stand in front of them with Obama signs," a source told Politico. But the group isn't completely magnanimous. It will hand out Clinton signs to supporters who ask for them. Want the full story? Read it here.

Time To Play The Game
Published 8/25/2008 by Kyle E. Moore at Comments from Left Field
... .  On the other hand, there are indications that Hillary will do what she needs to do.  A few days ago reports came that she would be engaging a whip operation to quell protesters, and ...

Managing Irrational (Clinton) Exuberance
Published 8/25/2008 by Gary Andres at Weekly Standard Blog
... the right moments. The party nominee’s campaign staff also organizes elaborate whip teams to manage the convention floor – like getting the drunk delegate with the weird hat out of camera range. Or more to the point for this convention, making sure the weeping Hillary supporters don’t talk to reporters. These convention “whip operations” have been necessary parts of both Democratic and Republican party confabs in the age of television. That’s why I found this Politico post intriguing: Not only will the Obama campaign organize ...