How can she go from “frontrunner” to “out of cash” so quickly? This really goes a long way to explain why our political system now makes it impossible for a normal citizen to successfully run for office. It now takes millions and millions of dollars. That’s not the way it was supposed to be.
Hillary Clinton’s unexpected (and inconvenient) money troubles
After a rally in Manhattan on Tuesday night, Terry McAuliffe, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, was asked about the state of the candidate’s finances. “Look, if there’s one thing Hillary Clinton doesn’t have to worry about, it’s money,” McAuliffe said. At the time, that certainly made sense. Clinton raised over $100 million in 2007, outpacing every candidate [...]
And, the more comments like this we see, the tougher it’s going to be for Clinton to generate the excitement that leads to donations…
3 Reasons Why Obama Is Better Positioned To Win The Nomination Than Clinton
Pundits, prognosticators and polls aside, there are three extremely good reasons why Barack Obama is better poised to capture the Democratic nomination than Hillary Clinton is. I’ll outline why that’s the case in the next 629 words. 3. It’s All (Or Largely) About The Benjamins. Simply put, Barack is rolling in the dough. He’s got the most efficient [...]
UPDATE: Apparently, donors don’t mirror my concerns. She’s doing pretty good..
Apparently, the Clinton campaign set a target of raising $3M online within 72 hours of the closing of polls on Super Tuesday. According to the campaign, they far excedded that goal within 24 hours and have raised almost $4M already – partly due to a significant upsurge in new donors. They claim this is their largest single-day online fundraising in [...]
And, in case you were wondering, here’s Where the money went.
Hillary Clinton spent more than $77 million on her campaign in 2007, and her campaign said she had about $25 million in early January to spend in [...]
UPDATE: Yup, she’s doing just fine.
Obama Raises $7.2M, Clinton Raises $6.4M Since Super Tuesday
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