Hillary Clinton Loan Suspected, Campaign "Close To Broke"

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Ben Smith of Politico reported Tuesday night that Hillary Clinton might have made another loan to her campaign:

I asked Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe just now whether Clinton had given or loaned her campaign more money in the run-up to North Carolina and Indiana. "Might be. Might not be," McAuliffe said, adding that the campaign would release more fundraising details tomorrow.

Clinton Advisers Expect Calls To Withdraw From Supporters: The New York Times article on Tuesday's primary results includes some interesting details about the state of the Clinton campaign following her big loss in North Carolina:

Mrs. Clinton's advisers acknowledged that the results of the primaries were far less than they had hoped, and said they were likely to face new pleas even from some of their own supporters for her to quit the race. They said they expected fund-raising to become even harder now; one adviser said the campaign was essentially broke, and several others refused to say whether Mrs. Clinton had lent the campaign money from her personal account to keep it afloat.

The advisers said they were dispirited over the loss in North Carolina, after her campaign -- working off a shoestring budget as spending outpaces fund-raising -- decided to allocate millions of dollars, some key operatives and full days of the candidate and her husband there.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/06/n...n_n_100492.html

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**DRUDGE EXCLUSIVE 8:59 EM ET**: Senator Clinton has made another multi-million dollar loan to her campaign. She gave $6.4M in the past month and will be giving more... Developing...

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A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton loaned herself $6.4 million in the past month.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/050...64_million.html

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Topper Geoff Garin, strategist/spokesman Howard Wolfson and spokesman Phil Singer hold a 10 am ET media call on “the state of the race.”

http://thepage.time.com/2008/05/07/ap-clin...-in-past-month/

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I just saw a report that she loaned her campaign $6.3 million.

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I just saw a report that she loaned her campaign $6.3 million.

...makes me wonder what happened to the 10 million in one night frenzy? It sure sounded like new contributors were logging online by the droves...where did they go?

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Yesterday, Russert speculated that part of HRC's exit strategy could be to get the Obama campaign to assume her outstanding debt. Mark Penn must feed, after all. Mark Penn hungry.

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Yesterday, Russert speculated that part of HRC's exit strategy could be to get the Obama campaign to assume her outstanding debt. Mark Penn must feed, after all. Mark Penn hungry.

That would be crazy. I wouldn't help her...she and Bill can spend the next couple of years doing book signing tours to pay for Mark Penn's appetite.

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I just saw a report that she loaned her campaign $6.3 million.

...makes me wonder what happened to the 10 million in one night frenzy? It sure sounded like new contributors were logging online by the droves...where did they go?

Makes you wonder whether that wasn't just some propaganda to prop up her appeal all along.

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I just saw a report that she loaned her campaign $6.3 million.

...makes me wonder what happened to the 10 million in one night frenzy? It sure sounded like new contributors were logging online by the droves...where did they go?

Makes you wonder whether that wasn't just some propaganda to prop up her appeal all along.

No way! Not Hillary.

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I just saw a report that she loaned her campaign $6.3 million.

...makes me wonder what happened to the 10 million in one night frenzy? It sure sounded like new contributors were logging online by the droves...where did they go?

Makes you wonder whether that wasn't just some propaganda to prop up her appeal all along.

No way! Not Hillary.

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The AP reports:

A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton loaned herself $6.4 million in the past month.

That sum means the campaign is fairly clearly into Bill Clinton's earnings, in theory making it more difficult to avoid questions about the source of his income. The last loan, Clinton's aides said, was drawn from Hillary's book earnings.

Though these are techically loans, these are very difficult to repay, as they must be paid from primary funds. There's some speculation this morning that Obama could help Clinton retire debt, possibly including the campaign's debt to her.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/050...64_million.html

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Communications director Wolfson:

“She is invested in this race, she is committed to this race, she will do what she can to ensure we have the resources that we need going forward.”

http://thepage.time.com/2008/05/07/ap-clin...-in-past-month/

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from the Huffington Post...

Hillary Clinton, who for seven weeks has crawled, kicked and bitten her way back into contention, suffered a blow on Tuesday, halting the momentum behind her bid for the nomination just when she had begun to regain credibility.

In the universe of political clichés, she is on life support, her oxygen choked off, her knees buckling, unable to stanch the bleeding, down for an eight count, on the ropes, praying for the bell to ring, desperate to get her wind back.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/07/o...n_n_100521.html

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She will get her wind back in WV and KY. See http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=126421.

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She will get her wind back in WV and KY. See http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=126421.

The remaining contests matter little as they will change neither the math (stubborn thing, isn't it?) which she lost back in February nor the momentum which she lost last night.