Yes, Alcee Hastings really said that. He is a Clinton surrogate, and I believe a campaign co-chair of the state along with Debbie Wasserman Schultz. He and Bill Nelson filed a lawsuit against
the DNC last year. The lawsuit was dismissed and they decided not to refile Nelson v Dean.
Three guesses how Hasting meant the comment, cause I surely don't know. I would like to think it wasn't snarky.
Obama Is Gaining Strength In Florida
Alcee HastingsIn a stark demonstration of the political shift, U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, a Clinton supporter, asked Obama if he wanted him "to kiss your ring now or when you come to Florida," according to a Hastings' aide.
Obama said there was no need to hurry.
More from the article today.
As Hillary Clinton pins her last, best hopes for reviving her campaign on the still uncounted Florida and Michigan primaries, the momentum in the Democratic presidential contest is rapidly shifting to Barack Obama even in a state where Clinton carried 50 percent of the vote.
"If I had to put this in a sports analogy, it's the seventh inning of the ballgame and the score is 8-to-2. Obama has got a huge lead," said state Sen. Steve Geller, D-Cooper City, one of Florida's uncommitted superdelegates. "But it doesn't mean the game is over yet. Stranger things have occurred."
In another setback for Clinton, state Rep. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, another superdelegate, threw his support to Obama this week, saying Clinton will not be able to overtake Obama.
"I think Sen. Clinton is not going to be able to prevail with pledged delegates and frankly I think Obama would be a terrific candidate," Gelber said. "I like them both. I think he has shown the kind of not only resiliency but political courage that I have hoped for in our nominee."
Quite a turn around, quite an admission from Steve Geller, who
"threatened mutually assured destruction" not long ago.