Chuck Todd, NBC's political director and the former head of the Hotline (a big inside-the-beltway publication), just wondered on MSNBC whether Hillary might hire James Carville and Paul Begala in a last effort to salvage her campaign. You'll recall that Carville and Begala were the two gurus who helped Bill Clinton win in 1992.
In Todd's scenario, Hillary's campaign would chuck their top guy, Mark Penn, and hire Carville and Begala to not only truly help the campaign win, but also to feed the story that she's now on the "comeback" trail, making bold moves to win, etc. And that's not a bad idea at this point. But, it has its risks. Any big shakeup in the Clinton camp will confirm that Hillary is worried and feed stories about a campaign in turmoil. The alternative, however, is to do nothing, risk not turning the campaign around, and lose.
Here is what Todd said:
"You could almost picture the way that they could create this comeback story. They throw Mark Penn to the wolves and they bring back Carville and Begala. Begala takes over the day-to-day."
