http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/big_hillary_moneypeople_ready.phpBig Hillary Money-People Ready To Throw Weight Behind Michigan Primary
By Greg Sargent - March 19, 2008, 6:20PM
Yesterday I reported that top Hillary supporter Ed Rendell had been rebuffed by billionaire George Soros when he asked the billionaire for help raising cash to fund a new Michigan primary.
Now, however, it looks as if Rendell and fellow Hillary supporter Jon Corzine have found enough Hillary donors who are willing to throw their financial weight behind the revote.
The duo have penned a letter to Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to say that they have "a list of individuals who, combined, are prepared to serve as guarantors to ensure that a total of up to $12 million will be deposited in the State of Michigan Presidential Primary Administration Fund by April 17, 2008."
We were also sent a copy of the letter, and you can read it in our TPM Document Collection.
The letter prompted a sharp response from Obama spokesperson Bill Burton: “This letter from some of Clinton’s biggest campaign contributors eliminates any pretense that Clinton’s efforts in Michigan are about anything other than an attempt to bankroll an election in which they appear more than happy to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. Today’s events are even more evidence that Clinton is willing to do absolutely anything to get elected."
It's worth noting, though that if no revote happens, then the votes of Michigan voters won't end up counting -- and that the Obama campaign's lack of support for the current revote proposal is a key factor preventing it from going forward. As Ben Smith notes, "Michigan officials continue to signal that without Obama's support, the proposal is dead."
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