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Article: Kerry Rolling As Harold Ickes Blasts Shrum.(TheFrontPage)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2004
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Byline: Ben Smith
A top Democratic strategist is criticizing a central theme of Senator John Kerry's campaign for President: populist attacks on "special interests."
Harold Ickes, the combative operative who steered Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, took exception to the trademark appeal of one of Mr. Kerry's top advisers, Bob Shrum.
"I don't think the 'special interest' message cuts," Mr. Ickes told The Observer. "I don't think people have any interest in that."
In his most dominant showing of the primary season, Mr. Kerry took just over half of all votes cast in Virginia. He was trailed by Senator John Edwards who, with 27 ...