Letter Backfired: DCCC Donations Spike After Clinton Supporters' Threat

The effort by Hillary Clinton’s bundlers to pressure Speaker Nancy Pelosi into retracting her comments about superdelegates has caused a spurt of Obama-linked donations to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democrats with direct knowledge of the situation said.

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But the letter may have backfired:, the DCCC saw a surge in online contributions, which officials there attribute to a mass action to protest the Clinton donor threat, and several major Obama donors called Speaker Pelosi and DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen asking how they could be helpful. Sources also said that several major Clinton donors, outraged at the letter sent in the name of the campaign, privately offered their assurances to the DCCC that no money would be cut off.

Mark Gorenberg, a member of Obama’s national finance team, and a long-time DCCC fundraiser, met with Pelosi last Friday.

“I met with the head of DCCC fundraising and agreed to dedicate real effort to raising money for the DCCC this coming quarter because they have 30 races to protect and at the same time there are 30 more republicans retiring and Nancy is the best,” Gorenberg wrote in an e-mail. “I assume the fundraisers in San Francisco will include hillary, obama, and edwards supporters. Nancy is a great unifying force out here and everyone loves her.”



HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

ETA: http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/04/donations_to_dccc_spike_after.php

It's like a Three Stooges film.

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and print them all in full-page ads in all the major newspapers in the country. I'm also hoping they will use skywriting, blimps, and pamphlets dropped from the air to advance their extremely compelling argument.

Hannibal from A-Team says....





Sometimes a plan DOESN'T come together Hillary!


(EDIT) Not a good pic source, removing it to find a better one thats not from an icky page.

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In your FACE, "big donors"... try your luck with the "legislation for sale" party!

After all, she isn't the one who told them to send the letter to the DCCC.

As far as I know.

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it's too funny!

Donations going to the DCCC are helping the party, and not helping Obama.

Not that he needs the help mind you.

But it's amusing that you guys think that Hillary would be 'against' the DCCC. It just shows how deep the hate goes and how irrational it has made the people here.

And it backfired. That's why are laughing. Please don't tell me they send that letter without her knowing what’s in it (or what is it about, at least).

It's patently ridiculous.

The parallels are amazing.