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Clinton Campaign In $20 Million Of Debt, Campaign Chair Says Clinton Could Lend More Money

  |   May 12, 2008 08:04 AM

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The Washington Post reports on another grim news event for Hillary Clinton: confirmation that her campaign is $20 million in debt.

With her campaign falling ever deeper into debt, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent a rainy Mother's Day seeking votes ahead of Tuesday's primary here, turning a deaf ear to calls for her to leave a Democratic presidential contest she has little hope of winning.

Clinton aides continued to insist that she will remain in the race even while confirming that she is $20 million in debt. "The voters are going to decide this," senior adviser Howard Wolfson said on "Fox News Sunday," acknowledging the $20 million figure. "There is no reason for her not to continue this process." Wolfson said he has seen "no evidence of her interest" in pursuing the second-place spot on the Democratic ticket, contrary to rumors that she is staying in the race to leverage a bid for the vice presidential nomination.


Campaign Chair Terry McAuliffe suggested Clinton might lend her campaign more money:

Terry McAuliffe, the Clinton campaign chairman, told Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" that he spoke to Clinton about the possibility of contributing more money and "she said that she would be willing to do it." However, McAuliffe insists, "We haven't needed it."

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collapse RRonin See Profile I'm a Fan of RRonin

Before Super Tuesday the Clinton campaign threw around money like a shipload of drunken sailors. Why should Obama pay for her minion's profligate spending and the ridiculous overpriced fees of that animated pile of dirty underwear we call Mark Penn? Lie down with dogs, don't complain if you find yourself fleabit!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:18 AM on 05/13/2008
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After the Pennsylvania Primary, The Clinton People went on Television and BRAGGED about how they had raised Ten Million Dollars within twenty four hours. The Saturday Night Live satire this past weekend hit the ball out of the park, in their discription of Hillary Clinton and her supporters. I'm now retired, but twenty five years ago I worked in a state mental institution, and we had patients on a daily basis say to us that they were going to go home tomorrow. They were clearly seeing something that the staff could not and there for continued to be medicated for their dillusion. Hillary's need to continue forward as well as her staff's relentless PR spin to the Press and the American People reminded me of my former patients at the Pennsylvania State Mental Institution ( Byberry ) in Philadelphia PA. Will someone please post the dollar amounts that was raised in April, by Hillary and the Obama camps?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:51 AM on 05/13/2008
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Hillary must have graduated from the William Bennett School of Economics - where they teach you how to gamble away the family's milk money.
-- Way to go Hillary !!!. If you ever become president, George W Bush will be considered not so less accomplished in financial wastefulness.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:54 PM on 05/12/2008
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With about $20 million in debt as well as some $11 million in loans (she definitely plans on contributors paying her back) means she really is about $31 million in debt.

While Yakov Smirnoff is known for saying, "What a country!" I say:

What a campaign!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:13 PM on 05/12/2008
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Memo. to Hillary: When the majority of people don't vote for you, or endorse you, or contribute to your campaign, it means they don't want you to be President. Drop out, already. And get ready to vacate your New York seat, because that's the next thing you'll lose.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:11 PM on 05/12/2008
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Don't know if you noticed this or not. But, there has been a clear absence of those that were/are sticking up for Hillary in here. A month ago, they were everywhere. Now, who knows?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:25 PM on 05/12/2008
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EVEN the appearance of bailing Billary out of any debt would be a CAVE IN by Senator Obama to the most "special interest" in this country right now - the Clintons!

If Sen. Obama is the man of character and truth in politics he claims to be, he will have nothing to do with any such sordid deal. It shows that he can be bought!

No excuse will suffice to justify such a deal - unity of the party to defeat the Republicans, gain strategic advantage in an electoral state etc. He would do it simply to appease supposedly HER female, and non-college educated white voters who make less than $50,000 a year. It would be worse for him than offering her the vice-presidency. There is no other way to spin it.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:53 PM on 05/12/2008
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We all know that Obama is not giving Hillary any money to pay off her debts. So please stop the nonsense.

Note to Obama supporters: Not everyone is a moron, and will fall for the HP Post Obama propaganda.

Nice try, bozos.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:28 PM on 05/12/2008
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It's unbelievable... Just because She is a woman - She has gotten such attention. Well, I know better women. IF SHE MANAGE THE NATIONS ECONOMY AS SHE MANAGE HER CAMPAIGN ..oh my God!

$22 million debt... and She still loan and run the Flag of a LOOSER and She still has fellows like her..

That money could be used to pay down what she owes others, but She will continue as long She can distract other loosers.... It's crazy. $11.4 million or more she loaned herself for to have FUN. Woaw,

I hope She doesn't loan från YOUR TAX returns.... Can you trust HILLARY... then you can still run?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:03 PM on 05/12/2008
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Hey Wolfson, there are PLENTY of reasons for Hillary not to continue - but the one fact that the math DOES NOT ADD UP to a chance of making it, is the only one any sensible person needs. I can't understand why she goes on so. IF she actually got the entire DNC to turn on the pledged delegates (and essentially the public) to get the nomination, she would certainly lose the respect (and probably vote) of many, many Democrats nationwide. There are soooo many theories as to why she continues, but I seriously doubt that the idea of vying for Vice - she clearly isn't in this to place second. I toyed with the idea of her wanting to get McBush elected so she could take 2012, or beating-up Obama in order to convince the Supers that she has elect-ability - but I no longer think these are the case either. She can't possibly be stupid enough to believe she can still get the nomination, not with over 20 Supers pledging for Obama compared to her TWO over the last week. And I don't think she is going to fund her own campaign again either, since she must know that the only ethical and logical way to do that is to put $25 million or more into it.

I've finally come to the conclusion that she is trying to get her supporters to flip for her $20 million bill - plain and simple. What else could it possibly be?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:48 PM on 05/12/2008
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I guess she's willing to loose everything to either try and win this time or in 2012 after she's smeared Obama so badly that the dems can't recover from all of her racial slurs.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:43 PM on 05/12/2008
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There's no controlling legal authority.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:25 PM on 05/12/2008
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Appears that AnnInCA., has gone stealth of late.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:24 PM on 05/12/2008
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I would like a Hillary supporter to explain to me how Hillary could possibly run the national budget when she has shown she can't run her campaign's budget. If her campaign were the national budget she would have added to the national debt. She is starting to look at lot like George Bush. She talks a good game but her campaing shows otherwise.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:22 PM on 05/12/2008
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Under campaign regulation, I thought candidates can only lend themselves up to 25% of their personal assets. That"s means Hillary has only $7M more to go before her campaign is busted.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:22 PM on 05/12/2008
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I trust this notion is not an attempt to curry and sympathy. Is it?

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:10 PM on 05/12/2008
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Back in Ohio or Texas (I think), Hillary had a joke about being hip deep in
manure. All that manure was proof a elephant was around and it is left to
Hillary and a full length mirror to discover the elephant in the room.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:07 PM on 05/12/2008
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Clintons' in hock to the mob; if she wins, mob rules.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:33 PM on 05/12/2008
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Hillary pissing in the wind, Obama trailing big tim in the electorial map and he is over polling.

Get ready for 8 years of GOP - yippee.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:06 PM on 05/12/2008
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If Obama were running the same strategy every other Democrat has run, you might be right. But Obama is a 50 state Democrat, he plans to fight them all-or at least not concede half the damn map to Republicans before it starts. The electoral map is going to played quite differently this year.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:18 AM on 05/13/2008
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You were apparently living outside of the US over the past 8 years. Mickey Mouse could be any republican this year. Wishful thinking on your part but there is no way McCain will win. American people have finally wised up. HIllary can't win her own party's nomincation and McCain won't win. we are sick and tired of the OLD politics.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:20 PM on 05/12/2008
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The Clintons have run one of the worst campaigns in history.. Thank god they will not get the chance to run the country again.

$20 million in debt on a half ass campaign. What a joke.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:28 PM on 05/12/2008
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No lie.......Can she say anything to rebut? Her campaign was essentially broke out of the Iowa gate and had no organization in many states beyond super Tuesday. With exception to Obama she set record contributions.....and pissed it all away. She would have done the same with our country given half a chance.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:21 AM on 05/13/2008
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Wow, somebody at HuffingtonPost really screwed up on this one. The picture of Senator Clinton that accompanies this article, shows her looking like a normal person. No "heat of the moment" candid shot of her with a strange or unflattering expression on her face. Just a regular person with a regular smile. It makes her look human, which, after all, she is.

Heads are going to roll for this, no doubt!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:16 PM on 05/12/2008
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Obam could help by holding rallies for such as purpose.
However, I say that if Clinton wants Obama to help her with her debt, then she should have to get up in front of every crowd at every event and give her mea culpa. She has to apologize first for all her dirty tricks, her lies and her attempts to cater to the lowest level of the human soul.
Then she has to go out and campaign her heart out for Obama. When he wins, then any monies raised will be released to her. If he loses, she gets squat and the money goes into the DNC war chest to help state dems.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:54 PM on 05/12/2008
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I feel for Hillary's supporters. It's amazing how much money she accepted for them after she knew it was over (after February). It's sad that she continues to beg for money after it's obviously over to everyone. Hillary has over $109 million and will multipy that personal wealth for the years to come and she is still taking money from hard working supporters at this point.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:50 PM on 05/12/2008
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I hope Sen.Obama DOES NOT help pay her debt!!!!!!!!!!

I hope she loses her Sen seat in N.Y. TOO!!!

She will be too "bitter" to whole heartedly campaign on behalf of Sen.Obama!!!

She and Bill can afford it. All Bill half to do is give a few more speeches to foreign countries and the debt will be erased!!!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:37 PM on 05/12/2008
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Like Zimbabwe. Maybe the Clintons will even buy a time share there. For a song.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:16 PM on 05/12/2008
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You're not going to believe this, an Indian man gives Hillary 5 million dollars. How about those poor people in India, I guess they don't count. This to me seems to be illegal.

http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/12look.htm

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:25 PM on 05/12/2008
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It's way past the legal limit, which I think is only $2300 per individual. Doubt this is true or else she'd be in a whole lot of legal trouble.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:42 PM on 05/12/2008
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Bundler bro bundlers, you can do that. But an Indian guy.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:12 PM on 05/12/2008
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All those people who thought Bill Clinton was so great -- well guess what? He is also to blame; He has allowed her to spend her campaign money into oblivion, so how smart is he? Unless he is OK with it because he has a card up his sleeve named Diebold. And the loyal superdelegates know that. We are in for a rough ride. These criminal thugs are ruthless. I wouldn't put it past them to assasinate Obama. Hope he's wearing bullet proof vests, seriously.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:23 PM on 05/12/2008
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He is wearing bullet-proof vests. You can see the outline at the top of his back, a few inches below the collar of his suit. Watching him bend over, I'm willing to bet it extends down pretty low, close to his hip-bones. Watch videos of him that are close-ups and where he turns his back to the camera occasionally and you'll see the line. The collar of an under-shirt wouldn't be thick enough to be visible through a button-down shirt AND suit.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:31 PM on 05/12/2008
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I barely had the guts to think the same thing let alone whisper it but the thought has sure crossed my mind. Watch out if they start getting sweet on Obama.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:55 PM on 05/12/2008
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The Clintons assassinate Obama? Is that hat you're wearing made out of Alcoa or Reynolds brand aluminum foil? Seriously!

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:20 PM on 05/12/2008
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They won't shoot him.
She will just weasel her way onto the ticket as V.P.,
Get into the White House,
Have one of the chefs poison his food, and...
Boom, she's the President.

Clinton strategy 101.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 04:47 PM on 05/12/2008
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I said this MONTHS ago. She'll get that office by hook or murder.. whatever. No tin foil here....

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:10 PM on 05/12/2008
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Steve Stills was right. Paranoia does, indeed, strike deep.

favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:21 PM on 05/12/2008