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  Top Clinton Backers Threaten Speaker Pelosi

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  45 days ago in NPR: The NPR News Blog · Authority: 547

  Twenty of Hillary Clinton's top fundraisers Wednesday threatened Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that they might withdraw their funds from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee if she didn't stop pushing the idea that Democratic
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  http://www.russomania.com/ http://www.russie.net/ http://www.russie.net/article.php3?id_article=4127&Valider=ok "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!stop blogs: en off etc: trop de voyeurs et de curious!NGK.JE REPEAT: j'aime pas la france etc/je joue aux petits chevo/etc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!G pas de passé/g pas de Mémoire/ J'aime pas les questions ni les génants ni les géneurs etc/ j'aime que mes Zamis: sinon: tout va bien ETC!NGK.YAHOONEWSGLOBALS.NGK:2:38 AM":HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. BISOUS. REGARDS. LOVE AND KISSES BY NGK. SEE U SOON I HOPE.NAZDAROVIA!NGK. http://www.russianinternet.com/video/Letter writers to Pelosi have given Democrats nearly $24 million ...Boston Globe - 6 hours agoThe 20 Hillary Clinton supporters who sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter telling her to keep hands off the superdelegate fight warned ominously that they had been enthusiastic financial backers of the Democratic Party.Obama Backers Urge Pelosi to Stand Firm Washington PostThe day in super delegates: One gone, one indicted, and MoveOn ... USA TodayFOXNews - ABC News - Huffington Post - CBS Newsall 266 news articles » Ledger IndependentObama Urges Regulation in Wake of Housing SlumpNew York Times - 3 hours agoSen. Barack Obama spoke about the economy at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art on Thursday in New York. By MICHAEL POWELL Senator Barack Obama called Thursday for tighter regulation of mortgage lenders, banks and other financial ...Obama Calls for Overhaul of Financial Regulations (Update3) BloombergMcCain, Under Pressure, Revisits Economic Questions Washington PostLos Angeles Times - KCRG - FOXNews - Huffington Postall 850 news articles » Voice of AmericaObama Defends Wright's Reputation, Not WordsABC News - 4 hours agoSen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., defended Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his pastor for 20 years, telling ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson that it's unfair to judge him based only on the controversial remarks of a few sermons and not his entire career.On Wright Question, Unclear Answers From Obama Washington PostObama weathers Wright storm as new details emerge ReutersSeattle Post Intelligencer - The Associated Press - FOXNews - Boston Globeall 1,248 news articles »EXTRAIT: (AFP:Phil ALFROY:il y a 2h11): "Signe que "l'entente formidable" louée par Gordon Brown en est encore à ses balbutiements, le sommet bilatéral organisé dans l'enceinte inhabituelle du stade de l'équipe de football d'Arsenal s'est rarement éloigné de la déclaration d'intentions. Sauf pour annoncer un programme pour la scolarisation d'ici 2010 de 16 millions d'enfants africains. Aucun des éventuels accords évoqués avant le sommet en matière d'armement ou de nucléaire civil, après l'annonce par la Grande-Bretagne de la reprise de son programme de construction de centrales, ne s'est ainsi concrétisé. Devenue en moins de 24 heures la nouvelle coqueluche de la presse britannique, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy s'est acquittée, le temps de ce sommet, de son unique engagement officiel de la visite en déjeunant avec l'épouse de Gordon Brown, Sarah, et plusieurs invitées de marque dont l'actrice Judi Dench. Le couple présidentiel français s'est très rapidement reformé pour une descente de la Tamise en bateau à Greenwich (est de Londres). A cette occasion, Nicolas Sarkozy a visité le célèbre Observatoire puis remis à la navigatrice britannique Ellen MacArthur l'insigne de chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. Cette visite d'Etat expresse de trente-six heures, la première d'un chef d'Etat français depuis Jacques Chirac en 1996, doit s'achever dans la soirée après un banquet à la résidence du maire honorifique de la City de Londres, en présence de dirigeants du monde économique. Plus que le vibrant plaidoyer de Nicolas Sarkozy devant les députés et Lords réunis, la presse britannique a surtout mis à sa "une" de jeudi l'élégance de son épouse, que plusieurs journaux n'ont pas hésité à comparer à l'ex-Première dame américaine Jackie Kennedy ou à la princesse Diana. Son mari de président lui-même s'est réjoui publiquement de cette notoriété. "Je pense qu'elle a fait honneur à notre pays", s'est-il félicité. YAHOONEWSGLOBALS.NGK. Envoyer cette dépêche par mail
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  The ‘Real’ Powers-that-be of the Democratic Party

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  45 days ago in The Political Grapevine — Chappy’s Pickings · Authority: 1

  “If the votes of the superdelegates overturn what happened in the elections, it would be harmful to the Democratic Party.” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on ABC News This Week, March 16, 2008¹ This week, the real power behind the Democratic Party throne, revealed itself in the form of a letter². Quote: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the US House of Representatives Office of the Speaker H-232, US Capitol Washington, DC 20515Dear Madame Speaker, As Democrats, we have been heartened by the overwhelming response that our fellow Democrats have shown for our party’s candidates during this primary season. Each caucus and each primary has seen a record turnout of voters. But this dynamic primary season is not at an end. Several states and millions of Democratic voters have not yet had a chance to cast their votes. We respect those voters and believe that they, like the voters in the states that have already participated, have a right to be heard. None of us should make declarative statements that diminish the importance of their voices and their votes. We are writing to say we believe your remarks on ABC News This Week on March 16th did just that. During your appearance, you suggested 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. This is an untenable position that runs counter to the party’s intent in establishing super-delegates in 1984 as well as your own comments recorded in The Hill ten days earlier: “I believe super-delegates have to use their own judgment and there will be many equities that they have to weigh when they make the decision. Their own belief and who they think will be the best president, who they think can win, how their own region voted, and their own responsibility.’” Super-delegates, like all delegates, have an obligation to make an informed, individual decision about whom to support and who would be the party’s strongest nominee. Both campaigns agree that at the end of the primary contests neither will have enough pledged delegates to secure the nomination. In that situation, super-delegates 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. 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. We appreciate your activities in support of the Democratic Party and your leadership role in the Party and hope you will be responsive to some of your major enthusiastic supporters. Sincerely, Marc Aronchick Clarence Avant Susie Tompkins Buell Sim Farar Robert L. Johnson Chris Korge Marc and Cathy Lasry Hassan Nemazee Alan and Susan Patricof JB Pritzker Amy Rao Lynn de Rothschild Haim Saban Bernard Schwartz Stanley S. Shuman Jay Snyder Maureen White and Steven Rattner Make no mistake, the “We have been strong supporters of the DCCC” line was a threat aimed at Pelosi and her House caucus: back down or we’ll withhold our support. Some critics talk about how some Clinton advisors feel a sense of entitlement; the twenty people who signed this letter don’t just feel they’re entitled, they know they are and they know it because they bought it; these people by their own lights own the Democratic Party and the rest of us are just free loaders. To her credit, Pelosi isn’t backing down. “Speaker Pelosi is confident that superdelegates will choose between Senators Clinton or Obama — our two strong candidates — before the convention in August. That choice will be based on many considerations, including respecting the decisions of millions of Americans who have voted in primaries and participated in caucuses. The Speaker 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.” — Brendan Daly, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), March 26, 2008³

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