Clinton ultimatum to Pelosi?

[demokatgurrl]

I hope this is not a dupe....

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/clinton-donors-ask-pelosi-to-back-off/


Clinton Donors Ask Pelosi to Back Off
By Jeff Zeleny

Twenty-one top contributors to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign sent a letter today to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, essentially asking her to back off and keep out of the superdelegate fight.
“This dynamic primary season is not at an end,” the donors wrote in the letter. “Several states and millions of Democratic voters have not yet had a chance to cast their votes.”
.................

...The letter carries an ominous tone, which stops just short of delivering a threat. The donors remind Ms. Pelosi that they are “strong supporters” of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. (A quick check, at least, shows that at least some of letter-signers have not given to the D.C.C.C.).....

[leftofcool]

1. dupe of a dupe of a dupe of a dupe

[UALRBSofL]

2. This is good news to read

This will keep that spineless woman in check. She will think next time before taking sides. She knows better then doing that. Way to go Hillary donors and supporters.

[BenDavid]

3. That is right. Pelosi should stay her butt out of this as well as

Harry Reid. I understand Dean has placed 25 true blue dean people on the credentials committee and clinton and obama folks will be decided soon, but if there is a plan by dean and obama and reid and pelosi to somehow force clinton out then I say, lets leave the party and form a new one....I do not know how anyone could support a man that supports a man that is a bigot and a racist.....

I hope HRC fights dean and obama in the convention and forces them to vote to deny florida and michigan delegatges to be seated, and then we will have one hell of a floor fight.....

[AllexxisF1]

4. Yea and those Democrat Fat Cats Can Kiss Our Asses.

Those fat cats cannot buy their way into putting up a Presidential candidate anymore. Obama has shown clearly that he can raise more through millions of contributions compared to a few small amount of fat cats.

For the first time ...THE PEOPLE have leverage and NOT CORPORATIONS.

They want to threaten Pelosi then fuck them and the horse they rode in on.

[Araxen]

6. IAWTP!

[GihrenZabi]

8. Precisely

This is all about established power shitting themselves at the idea of losing their influence in the White House. If Obama wins the Presidency, a whole bunch of people will lose the access they've always had.

[UALRBSofL]

10. Please, your showing your misunderstanding of the Speakers role

Pelosi, being Speaker of the House can not she favoratism, nor pick sides. She has done this and she has been called out on it. She can not go out in public speak to the media and tell the superdelegates who they must endorse. This, being a legal/ethical issue can go into litigation. She said the SD's must vote the will of the people, must vote for the candidate with the most seated delegates and/or popular vote. This is a big No-No.

[flor de jasmim]

5. On daily kos the specific amounts each person has donated now appear --

I'm sure they won't be happy about that.

[Kittycat]

11. link to diary?

[dailykoff]

7. Weapons industry defends their robot.

Good luck with that fellas.

[Coexist]

9. 30% of Hillary donors who threatened Pelosi slept in the Lincoln bedroom, 1/2 donated to Lieberman

http://www.americablog.com/2008/03/30-of-hillary-donors-who-threatened.html

It looks like some gifts just keep on giving. At least 6 of the 20 big Dem donors who are now threatening to exort Nancy Pelosi on behalf of Hillary slept in the Lincoln Bedroom while Bill and Hillary were in the White House. (We only have the list of who slept in the bedroom during four years, i.e., half, of the Clinton presidency. Some reporters need to ask the Clinton campaign if anyone else on this list slept in the Lincoln Bedroom.) You'll recall that some 831 or so special friends of the Clintons got to stay in the Lincoln Bedroom during four years of the Clinton presidency (that's about 4 a week, every week, for 4 years). You would think that this is the kind of bad publicity that Hillary's little band of extortionists wouldn't want. Well they're going to get it. Here's the list of big Dem donors who are now threatening the party if Pelosi doesn't cave to their demands and help Hillary - the ones in bold are Lincoln Bedroom guests, per CNN (CNN only has the list for 4 years):

Marc Aronchick
Clarence Avant
Susie Tompkins Buell
Sim Farar (CNN says a "Sym" Farar stayed in the bedroom)
Robert L. Johnson
Chris Korge
Marc Lasry
Cathy Lasry
Hassan Nemazee
Alan Patricof
Susan Patricof
JB Pritzker
Amy Rao
Lynn de Rothschild
Haim Saban
Bernard Schwartz
Stanley S. Shuman
Jay Snyder
Maureen White
Steven Rattner

Stoller also notes that nearly half of the group donated to Lieberman's Senate campaign.