Senior Clinton adviser Harold Ickes: "Hillary’s going to nail down this nomination" in June

[Amerigo Vespucci]

February 16, 2008
Clinton adviser: The race will be over in June
Posted: 05:22 PM ET



(CNN) — One of Hillary Clinton’s senior advisers said Saturday on a conference call with reporters that the New York senator would have the nomination “nail(ed) down” after primary season voting ends in June, when Puerto Rico weighs in.

“At or about, certainly shortly after, the seventh of June, Hillary’s going to nail down this nomination. She’s going to have a majority of the delegates,” Harold Ickes said, thanks to a combination of pledged delegates awarded through primary and caucus votes, and superdelegates – Democratic elected officials and party leaders who are free to choose any candidate they wish. Ickes is himself a superdelegate.

Obama campaign manager David Plouffe immediately responded to Ickes, saying in a statement the Clinton campaign was “attempting to have superdelegates overturn the will of the Democratic voters, or change the rules they agreed to at the 11th hour in order to seat non-existent delegates from Florida and Michigan.

“The Clinton campaign should focus on winning pledged delegates as a result of elections, not these say-or-do-anything-to-win tactics that could undermine Democrats’ ability to win the general election,” said Plouffe.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

[TexasObserver]

1. No, Mr. Icky, she's not!! This will be over before June, and it won't be Hillary who wins.

[mediaman007]

2. Wow Texas, 2300 posts since January! You've been active.

I've been here since 2002 and am just barely crawling up to 2000. I'm impressed!

[BenDavid]

3. Before you start haterizing on Harold Ickes just remember

he was part of the struggle to help blacks in teh south during the 60's and was beaten so bad he lost a kidney and was in intensive care for months. So know the background of the people you going to hate first....

[still_one]

4. Please point out to me where anyone in this link was "haterizing Ickes? Where are you coming from?

In addition, what the hell does Harold Ickes involvement with the civil rights movement have ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIS OPINION ABOUT DELEGATES?

To all candidates supporters, are you advocating for your candidate, or just demonstrating that you can change the subject to something different

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Gotta agree with you...sometimes I just don't "get" some of the responses on DU...

...I didn't post this as a "pro-Hillary piece" or an "anti-Hillary piece."

I posted it as what it is...a senior Clinton adviser with a strong opinion regarding what's going to happen in June.

The "hate" part shot right past me, too.

:tinfoilhat:

[Alexander]

10. Don't waste your time on spamming Shillbots.

This one's well known for hyperbole and straw men.

[still_one]

16. It amazes me the lack of critical thinking in his post /nt

[Johnny__Motown]

14. I can respect that, but clearly it meant nothing because it took a president to sign the law

just as Hillary said.

[D23MIURG23]

5. This race is far from decided,

But anyone certain about a Clinton win is just kidding themselves.

[Kahuna]

7. Nice spin Mr. Icky but.... NOT!!!! nt

[spartan61]

8. And Mr. Ickes knows this...how????

[Maddy McCall]

9. .

[ErnestoG]

11. Sounds like Custer "We're gonna wrap up this Indian skirmish right quick!"

fffffffffffffffffffffffWHPPPP!!!

ouch..ouch...oh god, too many arrows.....

[Johnny__Motown]

12. After the voting is over she will nail it down? OMG here come the Lawyers, can you say Illegitimate?

[RBInMaine]

13. Desperate words from a desperate campaign.

We will not allow the desperate Hillary campaign to pull a Bush and steal the nomination from the will of the voters.

[book_worm]

15. I don't see it happening. I doubt he can see into the future too.