Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
New York's accidental governor, David Paterson - he of the one good eye, primarily used to keep a look-out for potential mistresses - made the national news back in September when the Kingmaker himself, Barack Obama, told him to step off in 2010 : National Democratic Party leaders have asked Gov. David Paterson to consider withdrawing from the 2010 governor's race, according to two senior New York...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
New York Gov. David Paterson (D) isn't just running television ads in an attempt to improve his popularity and run for re-election. According to WCBS-TV , he's "bringing on board campaign powerhouse Harold Ickes, who was former President Bill Clinton's Deputy Chief of Staff."
Jesus' General (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Jonathan Alter has penned a fine biography and history of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first 100 days as President in The Defining Moment (Simon and Schuster $16.00). Alter is a frequent guest, of course, on MSNBC's Countdown, and, yeah, I know, he's become something of a wanker on the public option. (He supports it, but is not sure if it is necessary for the Health Care bill that finally emerges out...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The Washington Posts's first ever “chief digital officer” came aboard the newspaper, where he also oversees Newsweek's online efforts, after three years of working diligently to help elect liberals and Democrats to office -- including Barack Obama. A short profile of Vijay Ravindran , in the July issue of Washingtonian magazine, noted that “Democratic strategist and entrepreneur...
Bizblogger (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Powerline depicts today's government attitude perfectly with a newspaper cartoon from 1934. Incidentally, this cartoon was designed by none other than Harold Ickes, the father of the same Ickes who is a leading Democrat today.
Power Line (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Many of you have no doubt seen this cartoon that appeared in the Chicago Tribune in 1934. It is complex in a way that few contemporary cartoons are, but otherwise it could have been printed today: "Spend! Spend! Spend under the guise of recovery--Bust the government--Blame the capitalists for the failure." I'd seen the cartoon before, but my wife hadn't until a friend emailed it to her today....
The Plank (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Terry McAuliffe's crushing defeat in yesterday's Virginia Democratic primary for governor is being hailed as a loss for Bill Clinton , the end of Clintonism and the Clinton era , and a triumph for Barack Obama and his politics . "The McAuliffe loss will be seen (rightly, mostly) as an echo of the Clinton loss and another blow to the Clinton brand," declared Politico 's Ben Smith, while Hotline...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 03/19/2009
The lobbying firm that features Democratic power broker Harold Ickes reported earning nearly $700,000 from its clients last year. But according to disclosure reports filed with Congress, more than half of the money was spent on no lobbying at all.
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 01/21/2009
In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution prohibited Marian Anderson, one of the great singers of her era, from performing in Constitution Hall before an integrated audience. In response, Eleanor Roosevelt persuaded Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes—father of the Harold Ickes who's worked with Bill and Hillary Clinton—to allow Anderson to perform a concert on the steps of...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
""I think it's partial vindication." That's Harold Ickes, talking about the relevance of Howard Dean's 50 State Strategy for this election. Coming from Ickes, a long-time Dean doubter, those are high words of praise.
The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
The NYT has a chin-pulling piece this morning about race and the election. It includes this quote, from Harold Ickes: "If he were white, this would be a blowout," Mr. Ickes said. "I think the country has come a long, long, long way since the 1960s. I think everybody would agree with that. But if you talk to people in certain states, they will say there are impulses that do not benefit...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
One of the chief strategists of the modern Democratic Party criticized the McCain campaign and its crowds on Monday for fostering an "undercurrent of racial implications." In a discussion at the Time Warner Summit conference on the 2008 election, Harold Ickes, who played a high-ranking role on Hillary Clinton's primary campaign, scoffed at the notion that this election was any tougher than...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Harold Ickes is the prototypical insider, a career political operative who knows as much about how Washington works as anyone.
Tennessee Guerilla Women (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Washington Post - 200 leaked Hillary Clinton campaign emails to be published in Atlantic Monthly : When the piece is published sometime next week, readers will be able to scroll through the memos, from senior strategists such as Mark Penn, Harold Ickes and Geoff Garin, and see what exactly was going on inside the infamously fractured Clinton organization. That has some former team members in a panic....
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
By Christopher Brauchli I am against government by crony. --Harold Ickes, resigning as Secretary of the Interior, February 1946 It was a longer hill to climb than the one climbed by former Attorney General John Ashcroft, but former Health and Human Services...
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