As has been noted at several blogs, Mark Penn is giving up his "chief strategist" title at the Clinton campaign, even though evidently the campaign is not severing all ties with his services.
Given the way any major shakeup in a campaign's staff looks to the outside ("campaign in disarray" is a typical conclusion), and given the "through thick and thin" nature of Penn's position with the Clinton campaign, one might wonder why this move is happening now, several days after Penn made news with his consulting job for the Columbian government, a position in which he he was to advocate a position contrary to Clinton's own on free trade.
Negative PR for the Clinton campaign as a result of Penn's actions is nothing new. However, it's worth speculating whether someone may have recently read the Clinton campaign the riot act regarding Penn's continued position with the campaign. Perhaps some major donors threatened to turn off the spigot?
I imagine more news will come out on this over the next few days.
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