Clinton Donor Shakedown Officially Backfires! This May Prove Fatal To Hillary, It Was THAT Stupid

[KittyWampus]

Earlier in the day, we learned that some Superdelgates are NOT happy with this letter:

ABC News' Political Director David Chalian reports that a Democratic operative unaffiliated with either campaign and familiar with the reaction to the letter among Members of Congress says, "Members of Congress - who are superdelegates - make up the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee" or DCCC from which the donors seemed to be threatening to withhold funds.

"Threatening the DCCC is equal to threatening the superdelegates Sen. Hillary Clinton's trying to court. The Clinton donor letter will just push undeclared superdelegates in Congress leaning toward Obama to endorse him sooner. It also reinforces the narrative that she'll destroy the party to win."

Then, we've got an Obama supporter donating the max to the DCCC.

A Democratic source in Washington provides the following letter from a major Democratic donor as evidence that yesterday's "shakedown" letter to Speaker Pelosi is having an effect antithetical to its intention.

Leslie Walker Burlock of San Francisco writes yesterday to Nancy Pelosi pledging the max $28,000 to the DCCC. The Dem source says Ms. Burlock wrote after learning of the letter from the group of heavy hitters, a move that Burlock disagreed with.

I spoke with Ms. Burlock by phone. She says that yes, she agrees with Nancy Pelosi's stance on superdelegates, and that yes, she is an Obama supporter. But she demurred when asked several different ways whether or not her pledge comes as a rebuttal to the letter from the others. She didn't deny it, however.

And now, MoveOn is springing into action:

Dear MoveOn member,

This is pretty outrageous: a group of Clinton-supporting big Democratic donors are threatening to stop supporting Democrats in Congress because Nancy Pelosi said that the people, not the superdelegates, should decide the Presidential nomination.

It's the worst kind of insider politics-billionaires bullying our elected leaders into ignoring the will of the voters.

But when we all pool our resources, together we're stronger than the fat cats. So let's tell Nancy Pelosi that if she keeps standing up for regular Americans, thousands of us will have her back. And we can more than match whatever the CEOs and billionaires refuse to contribute.

Clicking here will add your name to our statement:

That Donor letter has the be the biggest kind of stupid since Kindergate.

A well deserved backlash.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/27/162844/720/548/485580

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. These are not your father's political times, the I'm gonna break

your legs (so to speak) as well as the threats to make you sleep with the fish just don't work as well as they used to.

[hedgehog]

2. Whoo-hooo! Especially in light of what Obama had to say today:

"... the American people must be able to trust that their government is looking out for all of us – not just those who donate to political campaigns. I fought in the Senate for the most extensive ethics reform since Watergate. I have refused contributions from federal lobbyists and PACs. And I have laid out far-reaching plans that I intend to sign into law as President to bring transparency to government, and to end the revolving door between industries and the federal agencies that oversee them."

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBNsq

[FrenchieCat]

3. That letter should have backfired.......

We've got the power AND the money......

[KittyWampus]

8. This should have been a lead Election News story. Bet it wasn't.

[Cha]

4. Thanks, cryingshame... Nice to have someone like

Leslie Walker Burlock in our corner!

"Democratic source in Washington provides the following letter from a major Democratic donor as evidence that yesterday's "shakedown" letter to Speaker Pelosi is having an effect antithetical to its intention.

Leslie Walker Burlock of San Francisco writes yesterday to Nancy Pelosi pledging the max $28,000 to the DCCC. The Dem source says Ms. Burlock wrote after learning of the letter from the group of heavy hitters, a move that Burlock disagreed with.

I spoke with Ms. Burlock by phone. She says that yes, she agrees with Nancy Pelosi's stance on superdelegates, and that yes, she is an Obama supporter. But she demurred when asked several different ways whether or not her pledge comes as a rebuttal to the letter from the others. She didn't deny it, however."

[KittyWampus]

7. did you get that those donors, by threatening the DCCC, were threatening the SUPER DELEGATES?

the DCCC is made up of elected Democrats (read, Super Delegates) who donate to help other Dems running for office.

[Cha]

10. Oh yeah, the little back door back alley

roundabout way of extorting. Is that why hilary was promoting voting for the Dem nominee in North Carolina today? Because, she knows she's in HOT H2O?

[Melinda]

13. It's amazing how few people on DU don't realize that SD's= 217+ House Reps or that Pelosi

controls said House, including on what committees those Reps chair, what committees they sit upon, if their bills make it ot the floor, hell if they even get recognized on the floor.

Genuinely shocked. I've spent days posting this to ppl here, all to no avail.

But what is even more surprising is that Pelosi is the most powerful woman in the US, and these donor morons decided to fuck with her?

Bad move, all around. I'm afraid Nancy has HRC by the short hairs.

PS: thanks for allowing me to jump in to add my wee attempt at educating those DU members that don't know what we do. :)

[KittyWampus]

14. I know, my pet peeve is "There's No Popular Vote In Primaries W/Caucuses"

:hi::hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[Melinda]

18. Hell, everyone knows we don't count pop. votes from states who hold primaries & caucus too...

...in bizarro world!!! :woohoo: :bounce:




It seems we still have much work to do...and in case no one has said it lately, many of us out here have noticed your hard work on DU and we thank *you* for that. :):hi:

[C_U_L8R]

5. Wow! Leslie Walker Burlock is my new personal hero

Take THAT Hillary !

[KittyWampus]

12. the average annual donations from these Hillary Donors was 2.5 million. LOL!

as someone noted, Obama raises that in a day.

[AX10]

6. They can support whomever they want to.

The only real solution is to have publicly financed elections.

[Kittycat]

9. "the biggest kind of stupid"

That says it all.

I read this diary a little bit ago on Kos, and was cracking up at the irony.

[Muttocracy]

11. great news

:thumbsup:

[tularetom]

15. I'm not wealthy like Leslie Walker Burlock

but I sent 'em a hundred bucks after I read this.

[roseBudd]

16. Obama donors are millions of people strong, screw those limo liberals us latte lovers are where it's

at

A limo is beyong reach. An occasional latte...

now that is how I roll

in my 1995 Subaru wagon

[AZBlue]

17. It truly was THAT stupid.

I can never ever support someone who's bullying tactics are the same as those of GOP 101.

[goclark]

19. Just pushed the Move On button!

It made me feel so good.
Thanks for inspiring me.

They really do good work.

[Arugula Latte]

20. I don't think the Clinton people have quite grasped that it is no longer 1992.

There's this invention called The Internet...They might want to look into it.

[KittyWampus]

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