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February 17, 2008
Harold Icky: Will of Voters Is "Irrelevant"
Posted by Dave Blount at February 17, 2008 12:15 PM
Clintonista Harold Ickes is back, and he hasn't changed much:
A top Hillary Clinton adviser [Ickes] 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.
The Clintons must have some serious dirt on these superdelegates, to overcome not only the will of the voters in their districts but also the generous bribes Obama has been paying them.
Icky has another joker up his sleeve:
He also said Michigan and Florida, which voted for Clinton, should have delegates seated at the convention, even though he originally voted with the national party last year to strip the delegates because the states violated party rules by holding early primaries.
If Obama wins at the polls but then has the nomination snatched out of his hands by party apparatchiks on behalf of the Clintons, look for the Democrat Party to burst into pieces, along with every city with a large and unruly black population.
Icky: Hey, whatever it takes to win.
On tips from Matt L and Sean G.
