Pelosi And Convention

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Pelosi: Reduce Number of Superdelegates

AP   |  LAURIE KELLMAN   |   April 8, 2008


WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she favors a reduction in the number of superdelegates _ and their oversized influence _ in choosing the Democratic Party's nominee. Superdelegates such as Pelosi have bemoaned the protracted fight between Sens....
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Pelosi Sticks To Her Guns On Superdelegate Question

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   April 3, 2008 01:29 PM


Nancy Pelosi doesn't seem to be backing down from her position on super delegates, despite being the target of a threatening letter from big-wig Clinton fundraisers. Speaking at a press conference Thursday morning to preview the Democratic message ahead of...

DCCC Donations Spike After Clinton Supporters Threaten Pelosi

The Atlantic   |  Marc Ambinder   |   April 3, 2008 11:41 AM


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. The letter,...
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Clinton Campaign Stands By Harsh Letter To Pelosi

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   March 27, 2008 02:21 PM


Aides to Sen. Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that they knew key fundraisers for her campaign were sending a letter to Nancy Pelosi, castigating the Speaker over her position on superdelegates and threatening, vaguely, to withhold campaign donations. And while...

Clinton Donors Object to Pelosi Comment

AP   |  NEDRA PICKLER   |   March 26, 2008


UPDATE: It doesn't sound like the letter had much effect on Pelosi's attitude towards the nomination. From her press office: Speaker Pelosi is confident that superdelegates will choose between Sens. Clinton or Obama -- our two strong candidates -- before...

Pelosi's Delegate Stance Boosts Obama

AP   |  DAVID ESPO   |   March 16, 2008


WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it would be damaging to the Democratic party for its leaders to buck the will of national convention delegates picked in primaries and caucuses, a declaration that gives a boost to Sen. Barack...

Pelosi: Dream Ticket "Impossible" After Clinton's Commander In Chief Statements

Politico   |  Ben Smith   |   March 11, 2008 02:09 PM


Via Politico: Nancy Pelosi tells Boston TV that a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket is "impossible." "I think that the Clinton administration has fairly ruled that out by proclaiming that Senator McCain would be a better Commander in Chief than Obama....
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Christine Pelosi: Superdelegates Should Not Overturn Majority Dem. Vote

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Sam Stein   |   February 15, 2008 12:10 PM


Christine Pelosi, daughter of the Speaker and (more notably at the moment) a superdelegate, warns of a massive disillusionment of voters should Democratic Party officials back a presidential nominee that didn't win the pledged delegate vote. "Many of us are...

 

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