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THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW - March 31, 2008
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Clinton Backers Rebuke Pelosi for Stance on Super Delegates
By Dan Balz and Perry Bacon Jr.
The Washington Post
Top fundraisers for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign
upbraided House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday
for suggesting 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 criticism represented the latest effort by Clinton's
campaign and its allies to beat back talk that Sen. Barack
Obama (D-Ill.) has amassed enough of a lead in pledged
delegates that she will not be able to overtake him, and
arguments that a continuation of the conflict between the
two candidates will hurt the party in November.
"You suggested [in a recent television interview] super-
delegates have an obligation to support the candidate who
leads in the pledged delegate count as of June 3rd, whether
that lead be by 500 delegates or 2," the Clinton backers
wrote. "This is an untenable position that runs counter
to the party's intent in establishing super-delegates in
1984."
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Arguing that neither Obama nor Clinton (D-N.Y.) will have
amassed the 2,024 delegates needed to win the nomination
by time the primary season ends in June, the fundraisers
urged Pelosi "to clarify your position on superdelegates
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."
Clinton, in an interview with Time magazine published
yesterday, accused the Obama campaign of trying "to shut
this race down" and noted that even pledged delegates are
not legally bound to support the candidate to whom they
are pledged. "We talk a lot about so-called pledged
delegates, but every delegate is expected to exercise
independent judgment," she said.
Pelosi has not endorsed either candidate. Brendan Daly,
her spokesman, said that the speaker recognizes that super-
delegates will choose between the candidates but that she
"believes it would do great harm to the Democratic Party
if superdelegates are perceived to overturn the will of
the voters. This has been her position throughout this
primary season, regardless of who was ahead at any
particular point in delegates or votes."
Obama spokesman Bill Burton in an e-mail criticized what
he saw as an implied threat by the group to withhold funds
from Democratic Party campaign committees.
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Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment
Television and one of the organizers of the letter to
Pelosi, said in an interview that there would be "no
effect" on contributions to the party among the signers
of the letter. "This is just fair play," he said.
Johnson added that he and the others want to make certain
the nomination battle is not declared over prematurely.
"It's not the role of the leadership to say 'Vote only
the way the pledged delegates go,'" he said.
But the letter made it clear that the fundraisers believe
their voice should carry real weight with the speaker.
Noting their past financial support, they wrote, "We...
hope you will be responsive to some of your major
enthusiastic supporters."
Clinton, accompanied by daughter Chelsea Clinton, was in
Washington yesterday for a pair of fundraising events.
Obama is holding four events in New York City. The first
of those, at the Madison Avenue offices of Credit Suisse,
a financial services giant, will include a "campaign
briefing," according to the invitation. Guests will be
charged a minimum of $1,000 to attend.
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Clinton raised $35 million last month, all but $5 million
online, but her campaign supporters concede that she still
relies on a traditional model of fundraising.
"The Obama campaign has found a model that works for them,
that has enabled them to raise vast amounts of money
online," said Steve Grossman, the former chairman of the
Democratic National Committee and a member of Clinton's
finance team. "The Clintons, both Hillary and the
president, have a virtually inexhaustible treasure trove
of relationships they have developed over the years, and
they reached out time and time again to those people."
Chelsea Clinton's appearance came a day after she rebuked
a student at Butler University in Indianapolis on Tuesday
who asked whether her mother's credibility had been hurt
during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
"Wow, you're the first person actually that's ever asked
me that question in the, I don't know, maybe 70 college
campuses I've now been to, and I do not think that is any
of your business," Clinton said, getting loud applause
from the audience, according to the Associated Press.
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