<p>The arrival of Geoff Garin at the helm of Hillary Clinton’s campaign promises a new tone, at least at campaign headquarters.<br id="bh7t" />

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As <a title="The New York Times put it" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/us/politics/08clinton.html?_r=2&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;ref=politics&amp;adxnnlx=1207659610-Cxbod/zo9jr+FwCHAk2Y0g&amp;oref=slogin" id="p:18">The New York Times put it</a> Tuesday,<br id="o86:" />

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<blockquote id="p-bb">For now, Mr. Garin is helping to provide a cathartic moment for a Clinton team riven for months by infighting and antagonism. Low-keyed, he stands in some ways as the antithesis of his predecessor &mdash; as easy-going as Mr. Penn is brusque, known for offering unvarnished analysis in contrast to Mr. Penn&rsquo;s reputation for incorporating his centrist views in his advice to candidates.<br id="girw" />

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<p>But the change also means we’ll get to hear a bit more about what people didn’t like about Penn and his polling and PR ways. Isn’t that what Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is really getting at when he calls Garin a straight shooter? &quot;He doesn&rsquo;t try to shift the numbers or slant the numbers to buttress his argument.,&rdquo; Schumer told the Times.</p>