Former Clinton aide Ickes supports Dean for party chair
By WILL LESTER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Harold Ickes, a leading Democratic activist
and former aide to President Clinton, said Friday he is backing
Howard Dean to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee _
giving a powerful boost to the front-runner.
“I think all the candidates who are running have strong
attributes, but Dean has more of the attributes than the others,”
said Ickes, who considered running for chairman himself before
dropping out in early January. “Many people say Howard Dean is a
northeastern liberal, he is progressive, but his tenure as governor
of Vermont was that of a real moderate.”
Ickes, who heads the political action committee of Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., said the endorsement was his alone and
“does not reflect Sen. Clinton’s opinion….”

(Just noticed: Drudge was on Ickes thing first.)