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Pelosi firm on not allowing superdelegates to tip race
The Hill ^ | 03/27/08 | Mike Soraghan

Posted on 03/27/2008 3:48:38 PM PDT by kingattax

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has reaffirmed her position that superdelegates should not “overturn the will of the voters” in the face of criticism from top donors to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).

“The Speaker believes it would do great harm to the Democratic Party if superdelegates are perceived to overturn the will of the voters,” Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said in a statement late Wednesday.

“This has been her position throughout this primary season, regardless of who was ahead at any particular point in delegates or votes.”

In a letter first reported Wednesday on talkingpointsmemo.com, 20 top Hillary fundraisers and donors blasted Pelosi for saying that when the presidential nominating contest nears its conclusion, superdelegates should support whoever leads in pledged delegates.

They cited remarks she made to ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos on March 16.

“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,” the letter said.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) leads Clinton in pledged delegates.

The letter says that its signers “have been strong supporters of the DCCC,” or the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is in charge of electing Democratic House members.

It concludes by saying they “hope you will be responsive to some of your major enthusiastic supporters.”

The Obama campaign called that a threat against the campaign to keep and expand the Democratic majority in the House.

“This letter is inappropriate and we hope the Clinton campaign will reject the insinuation contained in it. Regardless of the outcome of the nomination fight, Sen. Obama will continue to urge his supporters to assist Speaker Pelosi in her efforts to maintain and build a working majority in the House of Representatives,” said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 110th; 2008dncconvention; 2008election; botox; california; demagogicparty; election2008; hillary; nancypelosi; obama; pelosi; sanfrancisco; sanfrannan; superdelegates
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1 posted on 03/27/2008 3:48:39 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

Good for Pelosi! She does not have to take crap from Hillary’s Fellow Traveling Goons.


2 posted on 03/27/2008 3:50:11 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: kingattax
IOW...."Hillary, stick this up your a$$!" ".....you are so five minutes ago!"
3 posted on 03/27/2008 3:51:10 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: kingattax

Somewhere in the backfield George Soros and other billionaries are wondering why they supported this idiot woman to the Speaker’s spot.


4 posted on 03/27/2008 3:51:29 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (su - | echo "All your " | chown -740 us ./base | kill -9 | cd / | rm -r | echo "belong to us")
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To: Gaffer

hellary was trying to strong-arm pelosi and comrade nancy in effect told the liar-in-chief to go intercourse herself.

denver will be so much fun in so many ways


5 posted on 03/27/2008 3:53:18 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: kingattax
ALPHA B!TCH FIGHT!

Maybe HilLIARy and Nancy can BOTH lose...


6 posted on 03/27/2008 3:53:40 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (I'm not voting FOR John McCain -- I'm voting AGAINST Hillary/Obama)
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To: kingattax

maybe she hasn’t noticed yet but the dems are already in trouble

I heard today on MSNBC that the obama statements are alright with the dem party but the republicans will try and attack obama with them

Now correct me if I’m wrong but the dems are in trouble and his statements haven’t sat well with many dems

clinton does have a good point, obama would probably lose PA, FL, NH, NJ,maybe MO IA in the general election
even massachusetts CT and ME might go for Mc cain too against obama
NJ especially after his preachers italian comment

be good for us though if obama got the nomination


7 posted on 03/27/2008 3:54:01 PM PDT by manc
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To: kingattax

Hitlery will not give up.


8 posted on 03/27/2008 3:54:10 PM PDT by exnavy ( conservative, not republican)
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To: kingattax

Catfights are never pretty, note to nancy’s doctor, stock up on Botox for Madame Speaker.


9 posted on 03/27/2008 3:54:41 PM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: kingattax

Hillary probably has the FBI files or any other government and personal files, plus family files, on just about all the superdelegates. So, with the supers having to decide between their deepest darkest secrets being publicized, their cat being Arkancided, or their significant other being “Fort Marcy Parked” and bucking Pelosi, I think they’ll choose bucking Pelosi. - If things don’t take a mysterious turn to hand Hillary the nomination (and the election), I’ll be the first to say I was wrong.


10 posted on 03/27/2008 3:54:52 PM PDT by Twinkie (TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT !!!)
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“The Speaker believes it would do great harm to the Democratic Party if superdelegates are perceived to overturn the will of the voters,” Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said in a statement late Wednesday.

I thought the DNC came up with superdelegates in order to overturn "the will of the voters" if the voters failed to choose the best candidate...indicating they are aware of how dumb Dem voters can be!

11 posted on 03/27/2008 3:56:44 PM PDT by lonestar
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To: kingattax
Orville Redenbacher stock must be rising.
12 posted on 03/27/2008 3:57:39 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: lonestar

Right, they will never have another McGovern. They don’t. They have two....


13 posted on 03/27/2008 4:00:46 PM PDT by The Forgotten Man (He works, he votes, generally he prays--but he always pays....)
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To: kingattax

Unfortunately for Pelosi and Barack, Pelosi has no power over how superdelegates vote.


14 posted on 03/27/2008 4:01:36 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Twinkie
While I think you're right that Pelosi doesn't have quite the rep, nor as many Pelicanos, Kendalls, Carviles or FBI files, there's still a whole lot of cat-fight action, hot air, popcorn and other things that will have to hit the fan before MI and FL delegates can be seated against the "rules" made by the Dhimmi powers-that-be no long ago.

HF

15 posted on 03/27/2008 4:02:14 PM PDT by holden
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To: lonestar

very dumb


16 posted on 03/27/2008 4:05:02 PM PDT by manc
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To: kingattax

I been lookin in my pantry. I just don’t have enough popcorn!


17 posted on 03/27/2008 4:05:12 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: kingattax
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and the RATS, take another one in the..................HA ha!!!

18 posted on 03/27/2008 4:05:53 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: kingattax
WOW! A battle between "Queen Bees" and I'm betting on the Top Queen, Hillary.

Pelosi only thinks that she's in the driver's seat.

Hillary knows she holds all of the cards plus the Ace of Spades (FBI files, anyone?)

19 posted on 03/27/2008 4:06:52 PM PDT by zerosix (native sunflower)
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To: Centurion2000

This Baltimore Queen better stay away from Ft. Marcy Park.


20 posted on 03/27/2008 4:09:32 PM PDT by boomop1
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