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 <title>A Pro-Hillary Superdelegate on Ickes&#039; Puerto Rican Tightrope</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter--><p>Does Harold Ickes complicate Hillary Clinton’s appeals to Puerto Rican superdelegates?
<p>Francisco Domenech, a superdelegate supporting Hillary Clinton in Puerto Rico, thinks that Ickes, her point-man on the wrangling of superdelegates, may find himself having to explain his work on behalf of one side of the flammable issue of Puerto Rico's national status.</p>
<p>Domenech, who supports statehood for Puerto Rico, pointed out that the three remaining undecided superdelegates in Puerto Rico are all proponents of maintaining commonwealth status. Ickes, who became a lobbyist after working at President Bill Clinton's deputy chief of staff, was an adviser to former Governor Pedro Rossello in the battle for statehood. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/pro-hillary-superdelegate-ickes-puerto-rican-tightrope">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:45:42 -0500</pubDate>
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