Posted on 02/16/2008 2:11:10 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Top Clinton Adviser Says Superdelegates Will Decide Election, Obama's Victories 'Irrelevant'
Saturday , February 16, 2008
A top Hillary Clinton adviser on Saturday boldly predicted his candidate would lock down the nomination before the August convention by definitively winning over party insiders and officials known as superdelegates, claiming the number of state elections won by rival Barack Obama would be "irrelevant" to their decision.
The claims no doubt will escalate the war of words between the campaigns, as Obama continues to argue superdelegates should vote the way of their districts. But the special class of delegates, which make up about 20 percent of the total delegate haul, are not bound to vote the way of their states and districts, as pledged delegates are.
Obama leads handily in the pledged delegate count and has won more states but trails Clinton in superdelegates, making them potential and controversial deadlock-breakers if the race ends up a dead heat come convention time.
Harold Ickes, a 40-year party operative charged with winning over superdelegates for the Clinton campaign, made no apologies on Saturday for the campaign's convention strategy.
"We're going to win this nomination," Ickes said, adding that they would do so soon after the last contest on June 7 in Puerto Rico. "You're not going to see this go to the convention floor."
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Free cheese and rebates....
The Clintons are nothing if not resourceful.
Ickes defines the phenomenon.
As a normal male, I won’t be bought by cheese and rebates alone. Nipples are the deal closer.
If they do this, the GOP will win Black re-action...and they will be happy if they do...
If ANYONE fit their name better than Harold ICKES I don’t know who it could be!
Hell no! Heard a sound clip of that juvie super delegate saying he got a phone call from Maddie Halfbright and almost puked.
Wow... Ickes really can motivate Obama’s base for the remaining primaries... with a single headline. This will blow up way before their convention.
Jewish Mobster, and his father was too for FDR and held some post.
Ha ha. Being a woman, I don’t quite have any good response to that, except that it won’t work for me!
Personally I think Ickes is whistling in the dark. This thing is a very long way from over.
In Clintonista style terror, let’s start distributing/posting “The List” of all the names and addresses of the superdelegates. Say nothing more, nothing less. Just leave it out there as “The List”.
OK, Free cheese, rebates and the New Chippendales Review, featuring George Clooney. Feel numb in the keppie yet?
But I’ll stockpile the Jiffypop just in case.
Mark Fabiani, Harold Ickes, Chris Lehane and SNARLING Tad Devine (Don't know Jane Sherburne) but THESE OPERATIVES are some of the MOST CORRUPT MEAN ASSES that have ever hit our political system! They make LBJ's people look like saints! CORRUPT TO THE CORE!
Yep, I'd put money on that scenario. They'd claim it was the perfect seasoning for the inexperienced Obama and that he'd be the heir apparent. Providing, of course, that there'd still be a country left.
LOL. “Numb in the keppie”? I’ve never heard that one before. Maybe that’s a good thing.
And George Clooney? Nah, something about that guy is icky to me. Besides, I like my men to have intelligence. ;)
Here’s hoping that Hitlery steals it, Obama goes third party and McCain in a landslide.
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