BuzzFeed - The pro-Clinton groups are a delicate balance of money and power. On Monday, the uneasy alliance between former Obama and Clinton backers saw its first explosion -- the big fundraising rift that must be repaired. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Around lunchtime last Thursday, a sense of relief rippled through the tight network of friends, staffers, and donors connected to David Brock, the man at the center of a coordinated, independent effort to elect Hillary Clinton. For weeks, they'd been bracing for a New York Times story in the works: a critical A1 look at Brock's longtime fundraiser, Mary Pat Bonner, airing complaints that her firm is paid on commission, taking a cut of the donor money she nets for clients, which include a set of pro-Clinton entities founded by Brock. When the piece ran, the reaction inside Brock's circle was the same: Bonner had emerged largely unscathed. There was no need to respond. The crisis was over. But that changed four days later when questions a
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