Edwards Advisor: Hillary's Camp Is Broke

Election Central:

Edwards senior adviser Joe Trippi has a theory about the Clinton campaign: He says that it's broke, or will be soon enough.

"There's a good chance that they're on the ropes financially," Trippi argued in an interview by cell phone from New Hampshire. "I can guarantee you their money is drying up. I don't think anyone is contributing to them."

Trippi was giving voice to a theory that's been moving around in political circles of late -- that the Hillary campaign's massive spending over the past couple months, combined with the fundraising slowdown that will inevitably attend Obama's victory over her in Iowa and possibly in New Hampshire, will ultimately leave the Hillary camp without the resources it needs to keep up its spending levels through the later primaries, as it needs to do.

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Comments

[Thirdrailradio]

05:21 PM on 01/21/2008

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[mediamarv]

10:05 PM on 01/07/2008

Them Southerners.... does he mean broke as in no money or broke as in needing repair, as in " my ATV is broke, cain't go hunttin...

[V4Vigilance]

04:44 PM on 01/07/2008

I guess this means we can add fiscally bankrupt to morally bankrupt.

[Mollye]

03:48 PM on 01/07/2008

I don't believe one word of that theory.
HRC for President.

[falco]

02:52 PM on 01/07/2008

That Clinton is running out of money is the funniest thing I've heard in ages. Right. These clowns (the Clintons) and their best friends, the Bushes, have more money and connections to money than, well I was going to say the Pope but I'll bet he has more (probably the cost of the outfit he's wearing today and all his assessories could fund a couple of candidates) Man, I hate being taken for a fool. When we finally purge our government of it's criminal elements, let's make sure all the candidates get access to a fund that is equal and allot a certain amount of air time to each - for free. The big media types can afford it. Let's end the gross amount of spending that could be better used by Katrina victims, bailing out bankrupt hospitals in California, and a myriad of other issues that need attention. But no, let's just spend millions upon millions on rhetoric, with no guarentee that anything that comes out of any of their mouths will come true and no consequences if it doesn't.

[Marrob]

01:04 PM on 01/07/2008

What does Trippi really know??