Top Clinton Backers Threaten Pelosi

[tabasco]

The Washington Post reports this morning that 20 "top fundraisers" for Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign yesterday "upbraided" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for suggesting last week that Democratic superdelegates "should back the candidate with the most pledged delegates and urged her to respect the right of those delegates to back whomever they choose at the end of the primary season." The AP reports that in a letter to Pelosi, Clinton's supporters "said superdelegates 'must look to not one criterion but to the full panoply of factors that will help them assess who will be the party's strongest nominee in the general election.'"

The New York Times adds that the letter, "which carried threatening overtones in noting that many signatories were major Democratic donors, highlighted the deepening rift inside the party among supporters for Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama." Roll Call reports the "donors also pointedly noted their own contributions to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. 'We have been strong supporters of the DCCC. We therefore urge you to clarify your position on super-delegates and reflect in your comments a more open view to the optional independent actions of each of the delegates at the National Convention in August.'"

"Brazen" Move Said To Have "Stunned" Democrats The New York Daily News reports that the "brazen move by Camp Clinton stunned veteran Democrats, particularly because at least eight of the letter's authors have not donated to" the DCCC since Pelosi became speaker. One unnamed Democrat is quoted saying Clinton "looks desperate. There is no way they should have threatened to do this. It is terrible. ... I am sure Obama is raising money off of it already."

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080327.htm

[Yael]

1. I am sure that this will work out well for them.

:spray:

[Coexist]

2. interesting bit on who these who are threatening her are:

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

[tabasco]

7. They supported Holy Joe over the Democratic candidate.

Fine group of people there.

They call Obama supporters "thugs" when the Hillary campaign is using mafia tactics.

[Window]

9. I read some of the comments...they sound just like we do at DU. LOL!

From what I read, not one person is for Hillary...the can't stand her.

[40ozDonkey]

3. "I am sure Obama is raising money off of it already."

lol... I donated this morning.

Well played, sir or ma'am!

[flpoljunkie]

4. More from Americablog's John Aravosis on this...

At least 30% of Hillary donors who threatened Pelosi slept in the Lincoln Bedroom during Bill's presidency

by John Aravosis (DC) · 3/27/2008

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

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

[tabasco]

6. Half of them gave to Joe Lieberman after Joe became an Independent.

That tells me what a fine group they are.

[BanzaiBonnie]

8. So, they're not even real democrats

This looks bad for Hillary.

[grantcart]

5. "Judas" now cutting off funds- up next purloined FBI files