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Wealthy Clinton supporters are at it again; using their money to buy the presidency. 12 Clinton supporters have decided to try to extort Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter:

We have been strong supporters of the DCCC. We therefore urge you to clarify your position on super-delegates and reflect in your comments a more open view to the optional independent actions of each of the delegates at the National Convention in August. We appreciate your activities in support of the Democratic Party and your leadership role in the Party and hope you will be responsive to some of your major enthusiastic supporters.

That’s just a chunk. The entire letter is in the link above to TPM. Here’s the list of people who’ve decided that because they give more money to the DCCC that they have more influence than you or me.:

• Marc Aronchick
• Clarence Avant
• Susie Tompkins Buell
• Sim Farar
• Robert L. Johnson
• Chris Korge
• Marc and Cathy Lasry
• Hassan Nemazee
• Alan and Susan Patricof
• JB Pritzker
• Amy Rao Lynn de Rothschild
• Haim Saban
• Bernard Schwartz
• Stanley S. Shuman
• Jay Snyder
• Maureen White
• Steven Rattner

Now, I’m not rich and never have been. I probably won’t ever be able to give $25,000 to the DCCC, let alone $250. Still, I’m unclear as to why their voices count more than my voice. I was under the assumption that this was the Democratic Party, that we were all equal. I get that they may get more access and if they’re helping the Democratic Party, I have no problem with that. What’s bothersome is that they’re more than willing to punish the entire Party for the sake of one candidate.

This isn’t an anomaly. This is the 3rd time this past two weeks that Clinton’s heavy donors have put pressure on the Democratic Party officials to rollover for Sen. Clinton. The first was on March 15th, when Clinton donors threatened the DNC with loss of cashflow (See LAT link above). This isn’t an anomaly. This is the 3rd time this past a week that Clinton’s heavy donors have put pressure on the Democratic Party officials to rollover for Sen. Clinton. The first was on March 15th, when Clinton donors threatened the DNC with loss of cashflow:

Mrs. Clinton won the primaries in both states, but the contests were not sanctioned by the party, neither candidate campaigned in the states and Mr. Obama did not even put his name on the ballot in Michigan.Pushing to seat the Florida delegates, at least one top Clinton fund-raiser, Paul Cejas, a Miami businessman who has given the Democratic National Committee $63,500 since 2003, has demanded Democratic officials return his 2007 contribution of $28,500, which they have agreed to do.

“If you’re not going to count my vote, I’m not going to give you my money,” said Mr. Cejas, who was the United States ambassador to Belgium from 1998 to 2001.

Christopher Korge, a Florida real estate developer who is another top fund-raiser for Mrs. Clinton, held an event last year in his home that brought in about $140,000 for the national party, which was set aside in a special account for the general election battle in Florida. But he told committee officials this week that if Florida’s delegate conundrum was not settled satisfactorily he would be asking for the money back.

“If we do not resolve this issue,” Mr. Korge said, “I think it’s safe to say there will be a request for a return of $140,000.”

The 2nd was the announcement that 10 Clinton donors had raised $12M to bankroll a revote in Michigan. Do you understand that? These people are so desperate to cash in on Clinton’s promises that they were willing to buy her votes.

Ten donors to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign offered Wednesday to give Michigan $12 million to hold a rerun of its Democratic primary as she and rival Barack Obama traded sharp words over the proposed June 3 contest.With state lawmakers facing a deadline today for approval of the plan, Clinton made a quick stop Wednesday in Detroit, where she called on Obama to endorse the do-over election.

It’s bad enough that the Clinton’s have decided destroying the party was a better option than trying to act like humans for a few months, but this shows you their character. The fact that they are willing to get people to toss millions of dollars to buy an election says a lot about them.