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Hillary Clinton’s Wealthy Pals Warn Nancy Pelosi on Superdelegates
The following is from the article written by Michael McAuliff, published by the New York Daily News:
Hillary Clinton's megabucks donors picked a fight with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday, pitting the most famous woman in politics against the most powerful.
Angered that Pelosi wants Democratic insiders to follow the will of voters when they cast their own "superdelegate" votes in the nomination race, 20 of Clinton's top fund-raisers issued a veiled threat to Pelosi and warned her to change her tune.
"We have been strong supporters of the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]," they wrote, referring to the House fund-raising arm overseen by Pelosi. "We therefore urge you to clarify your position on superdelegates and reflect in your comments a more open view."
Sources said Pelosi was infuriated by the implied threat the donors would quit giving cash to the committee.
Clinton's supporters pounced on Pelosi for telling ABC this month that the party would be damaged if "superdelegates overturn what happened in the elections."
Clinton trails Barack Obama in the "pledged" delegates that have been selected by voters - and almost certainly cannot catch up. But she hopes superdelegates catapult her ahead of Obama.
The House speaker was not backing down, however, and is still insisting that superdelegates respect "the decisions of millions of Americans who have voted," her aide Brendan Daly said.
The brazen move by Camp Clinton stunned veteran Democrats, particularly because at least eight of the letter's authors have not donated to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee since Pelosi became speaker.
Read the entire article here.
