HRC wins in NH - Whouley strikes again!

Karl Rove has reached a level of fear/loathing/respect so deep amongst democrats that he is often given credit for things as wide and far fetched as rain on election day and global warming. It is a well deserved reputation as Karl has shaped the political campaign direction of Republican politics for a generation.

You have heard of Karl, he is famous.

So who is Michael Whouley? He is probably the most legendary field organizer in all of politics and a dead ringer for John Malkovitch .

A man so mysterious he does not do press interviews and has only a few of public photos you can find. He is the Keyser Soze of democratic field operatives (thanks Crowley ). He is one of the characters depicted in an upcoming HBO film about the Florida recount of 2000.

Where did he come from and what did he do?

• 1992 Field Director for Clinton's presidential campaign
• 1996 Director of Vice Presidential operations for Gore
• 1998 Founds Dewey Square with NAFTA as cornerstone account
• 2000 Drawn back in by Gore when Bradley had him on the ropes to help turn around New Hamspshire. Many whispered that he organized a traffic jam on election night delaying wealthy liberals who were driving home from work in Boston. On election night it is a cell phone call from Whouley that stops Gore from delivering his succession speech because the "numbers in Florida don't look right".
• 2004 Kerry says he will not officially get "in" unless Whouley is with him, Whouley avoids a full time role until the Iowa caucuses. Several weeks before the caucus Kerry is struggling in 3rd place - Whouley arrives, fires top organizers, retools the ground game...Kerry wins.
• 2006 Whouley is brought in to consult on GOTV and Field Operations by Rahm Emmanuel for the DCCC when they pick up 30 seats.
• 2008 HRC begins to fade even before the Iowa caucuses. The decision is made to send to Whouley to New Hampshire...just in case Iowa does not turn out well. HRC comes in 3rd in Iowa and is projected to lose by double digits in New Hampshire. Polls close and HRC wins by 3 points. Whouley delivers again.