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Topic started on 27-3-2008 @ 02:59 AM by Shar

Clinton backers warn Pelosi on superdelegate rift


news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of prominent Hillary Clinton donors sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday asking her to retract her comments on superdelegates and stay out of the Democratic fight over their role in the presidential race. The 20 prominent Clinton supporters told Pelosi she should "clarify" recent statements to make it clear superdelegates nearly 800 party insiders and elected officials who are free to back any candidate ......
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reply posted on 27-3-2008 @ 06:59 AM by kosmicjack
reply to post by sy.gunson



Totally agreed. As Bill Richardson said last weekend - Billary thinks she is pre-ordained to win.

There is so much this woman and her husband get away with that the average citizen doesn't see, they only see the coifed, pant-suited sound bites.

Politics is just like high school, an extension of the same sort of ego and insecurities driven tactics. The fact is, Billary wants to be the head cheerleader and so she's passing notes and starting rumors to bully Pelosi into backing down. These people are ruthless. They have been spreading dirty rumors about Obama for months.

Unless Democratic Party leaders step in and check these people, it will be a long and nasty slog to the convention. In the meantime, McOldtimer will have four months of endless fund-raising - just making speeches and picking up checks. Not to mention four months of strategizing on how to dismantle whichever opponent the Dems send up to the general election.

The Dems are f/ing themselves big time and the Reps are loving it.


reply posted on 27-3-2008 @ 08:48 AM by roadgravel
Originally posted by kosmicjack
reply to
post by sy.gunson


Politics is just like high school, an extension of the same sort of ego and insecurities driven tactics. The fact is, Billary wants to be the head cheerleader and so she's passing notes and starting rumors to bully Pelosi into backing down. These people are ruthless. They have been spreading dirty rumors about Obama for months.


The more things change the more they stay the same. I have to agree with that comparison.

I too have gotten the impression that she thinks she somehow deserves the presidency. This reinforces my thought that most of politics is a power and ego game that no longer has anything to do with the rights and well being of the American citizen.


reply posted on 27-3-2008 @ 10:23 AM by seagull
reply to post by Shar



There is definitely a threat there. Unstated and unwritten, but a threat none the less. If Pelosi doesn't back off, there will be a price to be paid should Hillary somehow manage to steal the Dem nomination. Pelosi may be the Speaker, but if the President turns on you, along with your party...you are screwed big time.

Never thought I'd ever feel sorry for Nancy Pelosi, but in this one instance, I'm firmly on her side. She needs to watch her back, figuratively and literally.



reply posted on 27-3-2008 @ 10:27 AM by seagull
reply to post by grover



More and more, I'm being swung towards McCain. Not there yet, but geeze, it's this sort of stuff that browns me off towards the Dems. Shut the hell up and discuss the bloody issues. We got problems that need solving, let's hear some ideas and solutions, not this idiotic backbiting nonsence that does no one any good whatsoever.

*deep breath*

I don't want to vote for McCain, but this sophmoric nonsence with the Dems is driving me away. I'm tired of it, I'm tired of them.


reply posted on 27-3-2008 @ 03:58 PM by jsobecky
reply to post by sy.gunson



Nancy Pelosi is just the latest of a growing list of people who think that the Superdelegates should follow the will of the voters (Wow! What a concept!), and frankly, I agree with her.

What can Clinton do to her? I don't think the president has the power to take away her position as Speaker of the House.


Originally posted by sy.gunson
Clinton is a prima donna. She seems to see herself as above the people and with a divine right to rule.

Yes, she is a truly narcissistic person. She lives in her own world of entitlement.


Originally posted by sy.gunson
She will be one nasty B-I-T-C-H if she's elected.

Because I'm Totally in Charge Here

lol: Very funny!


reply posted on 27-3-2008 @ 06:37 PM by kosmicjack
Billary Clinton has got to be brought in check by the Dems or their SuperDelegates. Her comments on Fox to the effect that she would go all the way to the convention will effectively guarantee a McCrazy win in the general election.

These people are maniacal, power-hungry elitest. She is so going nuclear and the feel good Dems are too intimidated to stop her.

Background:

Many people have implied on ATS that I am a traditional "diaper-wearing" LIB. Not true. I voted for Bush I once. Bill Clinton two times. George Bush II twice. I'm not proud of it, but that is my record - I was young and stupid - I voted with my friends and family. Well I am awake now.

My intention was to vote Ron Paul but, quite frankly, he let me down. If you want to run with the big dogs, you have to get off the porch. I honestly believe Paul's platform was true but the man is flawed. He was not "In it to win it". You have to play the game and he didn't. Many ATS'ers will howl at that, but it is reality. In a 24/7 news cycle of polished and slick marketing - Paul looked like a crack pot. Period.

So now I'm hopped up on Obama. #1 - He is not quite a boomer. Boomers suck and have ruined virtually everything they have touched from their own families to our greatest institutions. #2 - He offers an alternative to politics of the past and gutter-politics. Plain and simple, he is hopeful, positive and forward thinking. #3 - His speeches on the race and the economy were brilliant. # 4 - I hate the Clintons and everything they represent of back-room politics.

So...She is going nuclear. Someone has to draw the line and show that B the door. Otherwise a 70 year old dude who confuses Iran and Iraq, probably doesn't pump his own gas, doesn't know how to use a computer and thinks the answer for our tanking economy is to let ride will win.

Billary will settle for Senate Majority leader and that is the carrot they should offer her. We have to clear the slate so we can focus on the prize - November.

LOL! Can't you just see Pelosi and Billary having to work together? So worth it...



reply posted on 27-3-2008 @ 07:51 PM by kosmicjack
reply to post by Sestias



Let me get this straight. You think this move is stategic to the all-encompassing Democratic party to make a point?

What point? Democracy? Fairness? Voter confidence?

No. It is power-tripping plain and true.

She is saying - implicitly - "What's in it for me?"

I'll tell you...Senate Majority Leader.
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