Because this is a big "insider/Ben & Sally Bradlee/Al and Judy/etc. gala; these are THE people who run D.C. She desperately needs them to open the doors and grease the skids. They are like a cabal.
It is akin to not showing up at Katherine Graham's when you're invited.
I am really floored that she blew them off. Just floored.
Um.....Katharine Graham.
So, given this development, do you think she'll run? Do you think that the heat and light of a Presidential run is just going to lead to some sort of real criminal investigation?