Movement In The Clinton World

A campaign source says that Philippe Reines, nearly six years the press secretary for Sen. Clinton in the Senate and for three years an after-hours political adviser, has been quietly elevated to the title of "Senior Adviser."

Reines joines the rarified ranks of such luminaries as Sidney Blumenthal and Huma Abedin and Karen Hicks. Reines is a favorite quotemeister of reporters but is fiercely loyal to Clinton, a quality, as you know, that the candidate values highly.

Though his role these days is largely behind the scenes, Reines is the institutional memory of the Clinton press shop... having been on the recieving end of his sardonic e-mails, I can confirm that he knows just about everything Clinton has done or said while she's been in the Senate, including the ins and outs of her highly nuanced stand on Iraq.

Other movement in the Clinton world: Doug Hattaway, a former aide to Al Gore and a Democratic consultant, has taken a senior advisory role in New Hampshire and is said to have been fairly quickly accepted into the New Hampshire inner circle; such entrances usually take a while in Hillary Land.

Dem strategist Kiki McLean has been brought in to manage the campaign's growing surrogate operation; long-time Clinton adviser Capricia Marshall handles the day-to-day direction of their activities.