‘George Soros regretted backing Obama over Clinton in 2008’

US multibillionaire George Soros regretted supporting Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary, according to a Clinton email released on Thursday. 

On Thursday afternoon, the US State Department released another batch of 5,500 pages of Clinton's personal emails from her time as secretary of state, raising the total pages released so far to over 40,000.

The State Department has been releasing Clinton's emails monthly since June to comply with a judge’s order that they be made public by the end of January 2016.  

Clinton, the former First Lady, ran for president in 2008 but lost to Obama in a bitter fight.

Neera Tanden, who is the President of the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fun, said in a May 2012 email to Clinton that Soros regretted in a meeting with her for not backing up the former secretary of state against Obama.

"I told him I worked for you in the primaries and he said he's been impressed that he can always call/meet with you on an issue of policy and said he hasn't met with the President ever (though I thought he had)," Tanden wrote. 

"He then said he regretted his decision in the primary - he likes to admit mistakes when he makes them and that was one of them," she added.

"He then extolled his work with you from your time as First Lady on. You probably have heard this all before but on the off chance you haven't, I thought I should let you know. Thanks again for doing the video!" she wrote.

According to reports, Soros donated $5 million to Obama during his 2008 election campaign, but the president reportedly did not offer any favors to the chairman of Soros Fund Management.

"Confidants say that, although he still supports Obama, Soros has been disappointed by him, both politically and personally," according to an August 2012 article in The New Yorker. "When Soros wanted to meet with Obama in Washington to discuss global economic problems, Obama’s staff failed to respond."

US politics is dominated by big money and its role will not end, according to former US presidential candidate and Senator Mike Gravel.

In the 2010 Citizens United case ruling, the US Supreme Court allowed unlimited independent spending by corporations in elections.

According to a study published by the New York Times, wealthy individuals and corporations have begun to replace powerless people as direct beneficiaries of the US political system and the Constitution.

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