Feb 11, 2008 8:18 am US/Eastern
Campaign '08: Obama Wins Big, Clinton Shakeup
Former White House Chief Of Staff New Clinton Campaign Manager
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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton (File)
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Patti Solis Doyle is no longer serving as the Clinton campaign manager.
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Perhaps because it was such a great weekend for Barack Obama - the Illinois senator won the Maine caucuses on Sunday, Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington states on Saturday - Hillary Clinton decided to shake up her campaign staff.
She relieved her much-criticized campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, the first Latina to run a presidential campaign, and replaced her with another long-time confideante and her former Chief of Staff at the White House, Maggie Williams.
The campaign shakeup came after it was disclosed that Hillary Clinton was loaning her own money to her campaign. And while Clinton and Obama had been competitive in fundrausing for most of the campaign, last month Clinton lagged behind as he raised $32 million in January to her $13 million.
And when asked why voters should select him over Clinton, Obama's answer was simplicity itself: "I beat John McCain by six, seven points and she doesn't. That's what matters."
But Clinton, speaking on "60 Minutes," said she's better prepared to deal with what she calls the Republican attack machine because she's been there before.
"Senator Obama has never had, I don't think, a single negative ad ever run against him. Until you've been through this experience, you have no idea what it's like and he hasn't been," Clinton said.
However, Obama said he's already passed the test. "Going against the Clinton machine is no cakewalk. They're really serious about winning as well."
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