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Really Huge (none / 0)

While the Guardian article you linked did not have a comment from Senator Clinton's office, the Yahoo News version of the story did. Officially, Senator Clinton has no dog in this hunt.

Taken together with the endorsements Dean has already received, particularly Florida, this means that the "Howard Dean is too out there for this job" argument is dead.

Will it provoke the same kind of "Everybody Get Howard" response that the Gore endorsement did in December 2003?

Jerome. Question. When you say "Dean gets the ASDC now," should the word "if" be implied at the beginning of the sentence?

Do you think Ickes endorsement was timed to influence ASDC?

by James Earl on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 07:52:26 PM EST

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Hmmmm....

I still see this going either way. Hilliary is now afraid of being tainted as the backroom backstabbing "woman" (which she is) this may be a way to publically show support while continuing to operate the knife in the backroom...or they have given up and are plying nice with Dean.

Besides telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and, die, the GOP has done a fine job of getting gov't out of our lives.

by Parker on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 08:19:22 PM EST
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No, Ickes has no influence over the ASDC, that's for sure. If anything though, it's a signal that Ickes, who probably wants to remain on the DNC, and that the Clinton's too, see what's coming, and are slightly ahead of the curve, jumping on the bandwagon.

While Ickes would not comment on the Clintons' preferences, he is a close ally and would not be endorsing Dean against their strong objections.

"Senator Clinton is neutral in the race for DNC chair," said her spokesman, Philippe Reines. "She looks forward to working with the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee."

Ickes and Clinton both think that's Dean.

by Jerome Armstrong on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 08:22:31 PM EST
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Really huge indeed. I can't see anyway to interpret this then the Clintons throwing in the towel, accepting what they see as the inevitable, and deciding to make the best of it.

They were the only ones capable of stopping Dr. Dean... other than labor. It is now up to labor. Sew that one up and it really is all over.

The 10,000 Things

by Andrew C White on Fri Jan 28, 2005 at 10:01:04 PM EST
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Exactly how I read this.

Ickes finger in air tells him Dean is going to win.
Once they believe Dean is inevitable then fighting it only hurts them.

by JoelK in AZ on Sat Jan 29, 2005 at 02:56:01 AM EST
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