The news was, well, shocking.
Clinton acknowledged Wednesday that she loaned her campaign $5 million late last month as Obama was outraising and outspending her heading into Feb. 5 Super Tuesday contests.
At first blush, your reaction is where the hell did all the money go? I mean, sure, Mark Penn is as greedy a fat bastard as ever walked the earth, which, hand in hand with tragic incompetence makes him my top choice to go on a water and money diet.
Mark Penn's Firm Paid $4.3 Million By Clinton Campaign.
That's a lot of doughnuts, Mark. Thats about a million per blown major call, too, but I digress.
Your second thought is wow, this from a woman who said this:
"The next president will be a steward of our economy at a time when the bills from eight years of neglect and mismanagement will be coming due..."
And those bills from a year of neglect and campaign mismanagement are a pain in the ass as well.
Let's review some numbers,
In 2007, Senator Clinton raised $115,000,000 before the first vote was cast.
She also managed to spend $77,000,000 and if you have given her money, or are thinking about giving any candidate money, I would encourage you to take a moment and see where that money goes. Just click here for an expenditure breakdown.
In fairness, her spend seems reasonable compared to Bill Richardson's blowing of $23 million and Chris Dodd, my goodness, $16.5 million for a no-show in Iowa.
In looking at these end of 2007 reports, a completely different thought crept into my mind.
Hillary Clinton had $38 million on hand at the end of the year and then she raised $13 million.
Is it possible that she is going through $10 million a week right now?
$10 million?
Well, let me put it this way.
By law, candidates get the lowest rate on their media buys so even California becomes somewhat more affordable.
If their burn rate is $1.5 million a day, then they deserve to run out of money.
Or, perhaps, this is something else.
The Clinton Campaign will tell you -- when Hillary is attacked or down, their supporters come through. They rally -- they were raising a million dollars a day between Iowa and New Hampshire and things were looking bad.
Others will tell you that they don't want Hillary to buy the White House, and people screamed when she raised all that money last year.
Maybe, just maybe, they are flipping Obama's fundraising success back on them.
Maybe, just maybe, they are stealing the thunder from Baracks's numbers.
It would be a brilliant move -- and one that will raise Hillary a ton of money, fast.
Let's see which it is -- stay tuned for more reports.
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That $13 million was left over from her Senate campaign. So she was broke at the end of the year.
As Plan-B ended up standing not so much for "Bill" as for "Bummer's Return to the WH" and her 2nd crying game didn't fly, we now shift to Hillary as "Financial Underdog". Get that: a broke Rodham?
But...where DID Hillary get $5,000,000.00 to loan?
You funny guy.
Keep on keepin'it, Noble Mon.
Because she failed. And, she forgives Bill, gee...lets ask the victims of 9-11 if they forgive those that flew those airplanes into the buildings? Oh, I forgot, she has a human side, so she will just cry the next time somebody attacks our nation, or better yet she will go on public record as saying "well you worked for a slum lord", neaner neaner you bad bad boy. And, if you talk to me like that again I will get my big bad mouthy husband to talk trash about you. She cant even balance her own campaign budget and she is qualified to handle ours? Lets just get "REAL" as the great Dr. Phil would say. This gal even paid people to twist up OBama's words, like she could afford that expense.
It isn't brilliant it is arrogant caculated and poll tested.
It will backfire..
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CGGpp
When I posted this they were already over $480,000,000.
Too bad John Edwards WAS the only one to have the mettle to try it.
I guess the US is still for sale..now if I can only get enough to buy back my freedom.