Beverly Perdue may have endorsed Barack Obama, but she's got a Hillary Clinton pollster working for her.
After Clinton demoted chief strategist Mark Penn, she replaced him with veteran Democratic pollster Geoff Garin, who is more of easy-going, according to CNBC:
An ardent fan of the Washington Nationals baseball team, Mr. Garin cast his campaign role as that of "the seventh inning guy instead of the starter." But his genial relationships throughout the party may offer some reassurance that the endgame of the nomination fight won't prove as damaging to Democratic hopes this fall as some have feared.
His firm, Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group, is currently working as pollster for Perdue, but the polling is being done by Garin's partner Fred Yang.
As with the national race, Democrats are hoping the gubernatorial nomination fight won't be too bruising.
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