In 2004 – Howard Wolfson told New York magazine that ” … outside of the John Kerry campaign, Ickes was “the most important person in the Democratic Party today.”

Sometimes I think this is much like the plot devices used by so many of my beloved mystery writers, such as Doyle and Christie. Its the plot whereby late in the story we learn that the victim was taking small amounts of arsenic in order to build up a tolerance and thereby not killed by the otherwise fatal dose administered in the same and final potable with the victim.

Not unlike the Bush Administration – they (The Clinton War Machine) dutifully administers little bits of information to the otherwise tempestuous masses in order to anneal acceptance to the Party elites wishes. The same Party Elite that has still to realize that it was strategic bungling, abuses of power and the irresponsible politics of the Democratic elite that provided the opportunity for a neo-con coup of our government. Ickes is the William Krystol of Left.

The Party elite have no benefit if Obama were to become the nominee – and everything to gain if one of their own – Clinton – is tapped. So … why not just condition the public and the pull an inside game? It’s not like they haven’t done it before. They will try, but I think after nearly 8 years of unrestrained hubris, large pockets of the electorate can recognize a duck by its waddle and don’t necessarily have to wait for the quack.

Today’s NYTimes lead article in the National section talked heavily about the role that Al Gore can play in this whole mess. Though he is waiting on the sidelines now, he would be willing, along with other senior party leaders, to step in and avoid a messy fight before the convention.

One has to wonder, if the delegate count is close after all the primaries are said and done, doesn’t that mean that Hillary Clinton LOST? Maybe this woman is right?

http://queenofspainblog.com/2008/02/12/dear-senator-hillary-clinton-please-step-down/