Davis, former special counsel to Bill Clinton and die-hard defender of the Clinton clan, made his observation of the incontrovertible on Morning Joe at about 7:50 AM EDT today. It arose in the course of a discussion of Hillary's strategy for winning the nomination.
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MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Tell me, will this [the Dem nominating process] be over in a week?
LANNY DAVIS: No. Now Mika, I know in your heart, you're for Barack Obama, and so is my son, and I understand, and I'm going to disappoint you.
BRZEZINSKI: Ah, you know what, Lanny? You know what? Hold on: let me just have some Kool-Aid [shown in the screencap pretending to do just that]. You know what? I actually take issue with that. Because I love Hillary Clinton in this race. And I think it's been amazing to watch, and you'd be surprised how my family breaks down, ideologically and politically, but it's very diverse.
DAVIS: I welcome you aboard. You've left me with a different impression, but if you're for Hillary Clinton, then I take you on very happily.
Please. Mika didn't say she's for Hillary. She said she loves her "in this race," and thinks "it's been amazing to watch." Well sure: as part of a show that thrives on political drama, of course she's happy to have Hillary in the race to spice things up.
And as for Brzezinski's family being politically diverse [if I hear Mika mention one more time that she has a brother who works for McCain I'll scream], so what? Every member of my immediate family is a good Dem. Nu? Davis surely detected Mika's Obama fanhood the way the rest of us have: by watching her make the case for him day in and day out. Give it up, Mika! Why not admit the obvious?
