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Nobody wants to go down with a sinking ship, but on the flip side, nobody wants to walk away and watch their team win the Super Bowl the following season [Tiki].

So what do you do if you are one of the nation’s leading political minds and things aren’t looking so peachy?  Well, if you’re Mark Penn, you play both sides of the blame game and hope nobody catches you practicing your tight rope act.

Unfortunately for Penn, we live in the world of 24 hour cable news and uh, blogs. 

On one hand, we’ve got the Washington Post calling Penn the “chief strategist” and giving him credit for things going well [hero]

On the other, it seems as if Penn is trying to distance himself from the campaign, as he watches internal politics tear the organization down. [goat]

According to the LA Times, Penn isn’t exactly making friends:

Chief strategist and pollster Mark Penn clashed with senior advisor Harold Ickes, former deputy campaign manager Mike Henry and others. Field organizers battled with Clinton’s headquarters in northern Virginia. Campaign themes were rolled out and discarded, reflecting tensions among a staff bitterly divided over what Clinton’s basic message should be. [awkward]

And now from Ambinder … the pile on. [tough crowd].

It seems as if Penn wants the credit when things go well, but like any good sport, shuns away when things don’t go as planned. 

Perhaps it would serve team Clinton well if they all read this.