"He has sold his soul to [Lee] Atwater," said Ickes.
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 those past. As evidence, he point to the "real fist fights" that occurred during the Democratic primary in 1980, and the disdain for Lyndon Johnson within his own party in 1968.
Nevertheless, he had some harsh words for the Republican ticket. In addition to highlighting the emergence of race as a political issue, Ickes declared: "I abhor some of the remarks that Palin has made and some of the things that McCain should have said more about. I think there is some malice involved in that. But having said that, this is not that tough a campaign."
"You have to defend yourself and sometimes in a campaign you go overboard," he added. "But I do think that there has been an undercurrent of racial implications coming out on the Republican side that I do think is deplorable. But having said that, I think Obama is going to win this campaign hands down."
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 those past. As evidence, he point to the "real fist fights" that occurred during the Democratic primary in 1980, and the disdain for Lyndon Johnson within his own party in 1968.
Nevertheless, he had some harsh words for the Republican ticket. In addition to highlighting the emergence of race as a political issue, Ickes declared: "I abhor some of the remarks that Palin has made and some of the things that McCain should have said more about. I think there is some malice involved in that. But having said that, this is not that tough a campaign."
"You have to defend yourself and sometimes in a campaign you go overboard," he added. "But I do think that there has been an undercurrent of racial implications coming out on the Republican side that I do think is deplorable. But having said that, I think Obama is going to win this campaign hands down."
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