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Monday, May 19, 2008 --- 67 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themoderatevoice/~3/293755690/
| Has it really gotten this intense out there? The Huffington Post has a report contending that a big donor to Hillary Clinton’s campaign offered a $1 million donation to Young Democrats and in the same conversation asked the groups two superdelgates if they would support a certain candidate:
One of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s top financial supporters offered $1 million to the Young Democrats of America during a phone conversation in which he also pressed for the organization’s two uncommitted superdelegates to endorse the New York Democrat, a high-ranking official with YDA told The Huffington Post.
Haim Saban, the billionaire entertainment magnate and longtime Clinton supporter, denied the allegation. But four independent sources said that just before the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, Saban called YDA President David Hardt and offered what was perceived as a lucrative proposal: $1 million would be made available for the group if Hardt and the organization’s other uncommitted superdelegate backed Clinton.
[ NOTE: This has been revised with some links for more stories on superdelegates at the bottom of this post.]
Any reporter or editor will tell you that on an allegation such as this an editor would require more than one source. Three is being safe. Two is being a bit sloppy but on some papers might be possible. Four is a considerable number of people and qualifies as confirmation — which doesn’t mean the person i ... |
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