Writer’s Block // Ickes Backs Dean! The Left Wants It Both Ways!

So Harold Ickes, who heads the Political Action Committee for Senator Hillary Clinton, has made it public and official, that he endorses Howard Dean for the Democratic Party chairmanship position over all of the other candidates.

So where does Hillary Clinton really stand on this action?

Her most recent public statements indicate that she is trying to swerve to the center, i.e. her most recent statements regarding the downsides of abortion. And then there's Hillary and Bill attending the fundraising dinner for the National Ten Point Leadership Conference and the Dorchester-based Ella J. Baker House in Boston last week, promoting and urging the use of Faith Based Initiatives, invoking God at least a half a dozen times while speaking to the audience consisting of clergy and churchgoers, according to the Boston Globe.

Yet here comes Harold Ickes endorsing and throwing his support behind one of the most liberal members of the Democratic Party. We feel pretty assured that Ickes wouldn't take such an action without the approval of Bill and Hillary. Not much goes by this couple without their scrutiny.

Is this just another way for Hillary to make a stab for swerving to the Center but still (wink, wink, as the Monty Python players use to say) hold on to her base, the Left?

This is just another demonstration of the Left wanting to have it Both Ways!