Optimistic Ickes Pans Penn's Pessimism

[babylonsister]

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/optimistic_ickes_pans_penns_pe.html

I couldn't pass up the title! :hide:


Optimistic Ickes Pans Penn's Pessimism

By Glenn Thrush

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Ickes message was for observers to stop their "rush to judgment" about the state of Clinton's candidacy and her overall chances pending the make-or-break March 4th showdown in Texas and Ohio. Echoing Bill Clinton's recent comments, Ickes hinted the former first lady might drop out if she loses either.

"If we lose in Texas and Ohio, Mrs. Clinton will have to make her decision as to whether she moves forward," he said.

Ickes also called upon DNC Chairman Howard Dean to broker a compromise to seat some or all of the delegates from Florida and Michigan, states which were stripped of their delegates.

He dismissed criticism he had voted to deprive the states of their representation at a DNC meeting in 2007, saying, "As we all know in this city I have a very short memory."

Ickes traded barbs with PBS commentator Mark Shields, who worked with him on Ed Muskie's disastrous 1972 campaign. "Together we took him from 72 to seven percent," Ickes said.

[juno jones]

1. Oh Ickes, not Icke,

For a moment I was thinking this was going to be about bloodless lizard entities who have perverted our political process for their own twisted ends...

Move along, nothing to see here.