So there you have it in a nutshell. Hillary wants to hold Dean so tight that the more moderate or centrist Democrats who don't realize that Dean or HRC are not that left gag on their own hubris and vote in someone who can't say no: you know, Terry McAuliffe.
At least I hope so anyway...
My point is that Ickes will always be more loyal to Hillary than Dean. He has to consider that even if he becomes Chair, he will have to work with operatives who are more in the thrall of other people than himself. That is not a knock on Dean, merely to say that Ickes wants to continue in the organization. But Hillary would like the opportunity to be the first woman President. She knows Ickes is far more pliant than Dean.
The hope she has is that by making it appear that the insiders back Dean, there will be a revolt away from him. Most of the insiders do not actually want a guy like Dean....but then again...all the seem to know how to do is lose.
So in any event, I am not a troll...and any seemingly mean comment is only meant to be tongue-in-cheek. This one though...was supposed to sound astute not nasty. Oh well.
