Hillary threat against Pelosi and DCCC backfiring on the Hill (ABC)

[kpete]

From Jake Tapper at ABC:

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."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/more-on-those-c.html
via:
http://www.americablog.com/2008/03/hillary-threat-against-pelosi-and-dccc.html

[polichick]

1. Maybe people have had their fill of bullies!

[PoliticalAmazon]

16. Great observation! That's another similarity between HRC and GWB.

Can you imagine what a miserable country we would be with another bully president?

[yourout]

2. I would love to see it backfire and all the uncommitted Supers jump to Obama.

I wonder if he could get to the magic number if that happened and he performed well in PA.

[Adelante]

3. One Dem said "They just blew the cork" on superdelegates with this crapola

Clinton's team had hoped uncommitted superdelegates would stay that way through the April22 Pennsylvania primary, in which the New York senator is expected to do well.

But one senior Democratic operative said, "If they were hoping to put a freeze on the superdelegates, they just blew the cork."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/03/27/2008-03-27_hillary_clintons_wealthy_pals_warn_nancy.html

[Occam Bandage]

4. "It also reinforces the narrative that she'll destroy the party to win."

I'm not so certain that's a backfire. I'm pretty sure that this was supposed to look like an intimidation, that it was supposed to look like a Mafioso tactic. She was saying, very clearly, 'you are going to stage a coup and give me this nomination, or I am going to do everything in my considerable power to destroy you.'

[1776Forever]

5. Don't know who told him but Ed Schultz said HRC's people were arm twisting & said they were

taking numbers and names and those that didn't go with Clinton would not have a place in the new Administration and shouldn't expect to ask for any favors later. What new Administration? Weird!

:shrug:

[slinkerwink]

6. they're delusional

[WolverineDG]

7. I'd be careful with that

paybacks are hell. She might not pass them out any favors, but they don't have to work her agenda either. It's a two-way street.

dg

[anamandujano]

12. Obama's campaign has already threatened well-funded challenges

to certain super's seats if they don't play ball. They've been doing this for weeks.

But that's okay because it's him. :eyes:

[yourout]

15. Any links to substantiate that?

Or is it wishful thinking?

[mythyc]

20. crickets

:shrug:

[PoliticalAmazon]

17. That is EXACTLY how the HRC campaign is.

I wonder how many people have committed to her out of fear of her well-known vindictive streak?

[CreekDog]

8. Hillary's strategy: carrots and sticks

please note: use only sticks. :spank:

[Mme. Defarge]

9. It certainly inspired me to make another donation

just now to Obama.

[goclark]

21. Her dirty tricks have caused me to not get a new dress

I hit the donate button for my man, OBAMA!

[Window]

10. ..

:kick:

[BlueIdaho]

11. Typical Clinton strong arm tactics

They are know for getting their way by thugging anyone that's not on board with them. Looks like folks are fed up with the Imperial Clinton Dynasty and its about time.

[mrJJ]

13. 20 "fat cats"

It is my understanding that those 20 "fat-Cat" donors contributed $24 Million over a TEN YEAR period. Stand with the 20 fat cats or go with the 2 million little guys? I'm sure the little guys if called upon would be willing to step up to the plate.

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

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

Stoller also notes that nearly half of the group donated to Lieberman's Senate campaign.

http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4803

[RBInMaine]

14. Folks, you only have to say two words: SLICK HILLY

[Thrill]

18. Its already clear. Its all about Hillary

Her way or the highway

[kwenu]

19. There is no doubt that Hillary is going to go. It's sad that it will be with the party's foot in her

behind. I'd love to see video of Pelosi catching Hillary in a Capitol alcove. :nuke:

[jazzjunkysue]

22. "It also reinforces the narrative that she'll destroy the party to win"

Yep. It certainly does.