Every day shows more clearly that the Clintons are 24-carat phonies! Wah! I'm running out of money! Whoops -- no I'm not! Wah! My staff is working for no salary! Whoops -- no they're not! Wah! I have no money for ads, so I demand to debate Obama every hour on the half hour! Whoops -- actually, I DO have money for ads!

On and on the Clinton trick-bag rolls.

How much are you gonna take, America?

Why couldn't Team Clinton figure out how to use the internet before Tuesday? I smell something fishy about these numbers she's reporting. Maybe they lifted the $2300 threshold limitation, and all of her maxed out donors are having a ball.

Actually, the post is incorrect. If you read the article and all of the news on this subject, the Clinton camp never once said they were running out of money, nor did they say they weren't paying their staff. If you read carefully, the lead in stories for this is that the campaign workers OFFERED to give up their salaries for a month. It was a blurb. It was not put out by the Clinton camp. It was a comment. Her campaign spokespeople went on record right away when the question was raised if this were true. Their response was that the OFFER had been made, but it was NOT happening -- to which they added that not only was it not necessary, but that they'd done extremely well with online donations and that the Senator had loaned her campaign $5 million.

There are no tricks to this story.

Take off the blinders, Julia. If you don't think this was all carefully crafted, manipulated and spun by Team Clinton for maximum sympathy and contribution generation, you're remarkably naive.

Ok, Hillary, just release your Tax returns. Americans want a President who is trustworthy. Obama already released his Tax return, so now it is your turn. Be straight with America.

If the campain has no cash problem then why the big loan from the greatest bank manager of the US: Hillary? This is very fishy, they have said something and found themselves into a difficult situation and there is damage control. This campain is highly disorganized, Hillary should do as Romney and call it quit.

Julia - Seriously. Candidates don't make loans to their campaigns unless they have to. And paid staffers don't offer to go unpaid unless things are really grim.

Hey, I'm a 64 year old guy that's got 3 grown daughters that need to see what their gender can do for the USA instead of just another windbag of my gender. I'll vote for Obama when he is the DEM nominee but not before. Obama's statement that his people will not vote for Hillary if she is the DEM candidate is an indication of what kind of president he intends to be.

People do the math, if Senator Clinton provided a $5M loan to the campaign and you've raised $7.5M, therefore you have $2.5M remaining for salary, etc. If you want to catch up with the Obama campaign or maintain, you all have a lot of work to do. It sounds like poor management to me. No, but she has 35 years of experience -- lol.

One of two possibilities is true:

(1) The whole thing - the Clinton loan and the staffer rumor - was a smart, sleezy way to kickstart the fundraising and deceive voters into contributing

or

(2) The Clinton campaign is in a sad, sorry state and about to go bankrupt.

So will she be repaying herself the $5 million right away?...did 2/3 of the $7.5 million that people contributed basically go to Hillary's personal account???

Hillary outsmarted the empty suit once again. And he is starting to come across as disrespectful for all the good work Hillary has done. There is an I HATE HILLARY campaign out there and he looks like he is running this.

She let him shoot his mouth off like the current president, then once again laid the facts on the table. I am from massachusetts and this is why I voted for her, she is smarter than he is, like most women are smarter than men. They have patience and do not fall into the mano-y-mano games that Barack wants to play, basically she told Barack to shut up today, but in a kind way.

Hillary please don't release your tax returns. It's really the business of yours and the IRS. I personally don't care to know anything about it, I have my own taxes to worry about. I don't care how much money you make or how much you spend. You have presented the citizens with your platform and what your concerns are and they are all about issues to improve this country.

I switched my support from B.O. when I saw the pics. from the State of the Union Address knowing that we cannot have another leader that is no more metanlly mature than the one that we have now. And then last night seeing him on the news saying that all Hillary supporters will support him if he wins the nomination but his supporters won't support her if she wins the nomination. I hope he wasn't referring to the Blacks because I'm black and I'm already supporting her after starting out supporting him. His campaign lacks substance and ideas and has set back the Civil Rights movement by about 45 years.

GO HILLARY! GO HILLARY! GO HILLARY!

YOU GO GIRL!!!

This is classic:

CNN: The Situation Room reports

Jeanie Moss reporting:

Obama Girl doesn't even vote on Super Tuesday.

Seems she was ill.

Of course a couple of hours later at an Obama party, in a nice short dress and with a drink in hand, she braved the illness that prevented her vote, and made a very lengthy appearance at a post-vote party.

PS and she is actually lip-syncing the songs. A white girl is singing.

frauds LOL ;)

Can you spell M-A-R-C R-I-C-H????

Bill Clinton gets paid 10 million $$$ a year from the country of Dubai for consultation work. He has done wonders for that country just as he did for our country.

WE NEED MORE CLINTONS IN THE WORLD.

GO HILLARY! GO HILLARY! GO HILLARY!

Hey Obama fans. How do you propose to get 2000 delegates before the convention?

There is no winner take all states. The delegates will continue to get chopped right down the middle, until of course all the Clinton backed Super delegates nominate Clinton.

This latest attempt to HYPE the money issue failed.

The more this thing moves along to the convention tied , the more the Bill and Hillary Clinton led democratic party will be in position to win with super delegates.

How does Obama expect to gain the support away from the base of the party ????

Sorry, Mark. No blinders here. That story came out today. The 7th. Super Tuesday was February and she made the call for donations that evening. They started coming in on February 6th. Unless you know some way that ABC News can report this story two days ago...the bottom line is, you're obviously an Obama supporter. He's raised money. She's raised money -- she's equalled if not beaten him in the last couple of days.

Why is she simply repeating Obama, both in actions, and almost verbatim from his speeches?

Is it because he has better ideas and things to say in the first place *eye roll*

Hillary, get your own lines, you are embaressing yourself!

But imitation is of course the sincerest form of flattery. I'm glad she's an Obama supporter like the rest of the country.

Even if Obama has upperhand in saturday or upcoming primaries, do not give up and fight for your delegates. Even one deleate count. It's an asset gong into next primaries.

Campaign donations do not and cannot go into personal accounts. It doesn't happen. It can't happen. That's what the FEC is for and why they must continuously report donation amounts and that's why candidates must be meticulous about filing tax returns with the IRS. It's a ludicrous statement. to make and if it's beneath someone like George Bush who stayed very above board on donations and reporting, certainly Senators Clinton and Obama are more savvy. The bottom line is, despite all of the hype the voting base for the Democrat party will be more than the votes Obama is getting. Clinton has more women, more Latinos and Asian and more middle American and older voters. That's the Democrat base. Despite the hooplah, they'll be the more popular vote and they'll show up in the general election and she'll get the Super Delegates. This isn't a job where Senator Obama can get on the job training and we don't have time to wait for him to figure out who's who in Washington and the world. She has more experience and people who are backing her are unfazed by the frenzy and rhetoric of Obama's campaign because they've been around longer, have seen more, and can see through the smoke screen. We're not trying to elect a new best friend or a girlfriend to brunch with. We're electing someone who knows and has served on the committees in Washington, who is fiscally responsible, and who has a proven track record of working for people of all classes and races. No one cares if she's likable. (And who decides if she's likable? Why is Obama likable? Because he grins a lot? Many prople find him creepy. I'm not one of those people. I'm just not voting for him because he's not ready to serve. I'd rather get behind him and vote for him in 2012.

Barack Obama is a great motivational speaker and at some point his stand up routine will be a great fill in for PBS during pledge week. Really if you need inspiration to believe in something, I have to wonder where is your brain. Obama lkes to say --"this is about the United States of America". No it's not! it's about Barack Obama. If any one of us applied for a job that required technical knowledge and expertise and offered glowing words instead, we would be shown the door politely but firmly with -- don't call us we'll call you.

Politicians will be politicians. They have to get elected before they can start moving their agenda forward. The Clinton camp played a little, leak and deny, game with the funds issue. So what. To me it seems a little desperate, but certainly nothing that I'd hold against Hillary. The differences between Hillary and Barack are subtle, the discriminators for me are:
1) The fact that Hillary will not say that her vote authorizing GW the authority to go to war was a mistake. She says that she applied due diligence and voted her conscience. Since she apparently didn’t even take the time to review the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) I believe it is more likely that she was simply voting what was popular.
2) The funding model that she is proposing for paying for her Universal Health Insurance plan. I never like a situation when the government gets to tell me whether I can afford to pay.
3) The Clinton’s have, and continue to be, beholding to big money special interests. This is the root of a majority of the problems with our government today. I don’t believe Hillary has any interest in campaign finance reform.
So if the election were held today my first preference would be Barack, second would McCain, and finally Hillary.

By the way barackobama.com and hillaryclinton.com both provide some excellent reading on where the candidates really stand. Based on some of the commentary I’m reading here it might be in everyone’s interest to research and read more and write less.

Actually, I'm one of Obama's "people"...
who happens to be a white, college-educated, professional Female. Just like Hillary, you'd say....

But I'd vote for Idi Amin before I vote for Hillary Clinton. She's divisive, nasty, calculating, and just interested in turning the White House into her own personal ATM, just like Bill has done.

Still, I'm actually pretty damn happy with this election coming up. I'd love to vote for Obama. But if the DNC Power Brokers insists on Clinton II, I'll still have John McCain. Either way, I win.

GP HILLARY!
Show the Obama cult followers that you are the real deal, you are the real candidate with the agenda and readiness to lead this country. We can't afford to have an untested teleprompter candidate with a bunch of evangelical slogans and big words, we need a real leader and you are the one. GO HILLARY!!

Here we go again...everything Hillary does is a hoax. everything Obama does is Godly. Well when you go on his website the first thing you are hit with is to contribute to his campaign. On Hillarys you get info on her website and not pushed to contribute. But her supporters do anyway. I never seen such hateful and naive people in my life. If you want a preacher go to church. I want a president that will get us out of the mess we are all in. Not someone with false hopes like Bush promised to unite the country. We need to learn from our mistakes. Obama already said there will be setbacks and mistakes, thats because he will be on the job training and again like Bush. Obama just articulate better. We do not need someone just because they make you feel all fuzzzy and nice. Again we had that with Bush. We do not need anymore mistakes if we can help it cause time is of the essence. We need to think with our heads and hearts. Especially for our future generation.

Yet another Flip-Flop from the
Queen of flip-floppers and parsed words and nuanced positions, Hillary Clinton!
Gee what a Surprise!
One day she has to donate $5 million dollars of her own money because her campaign is running low on funds, the next day the campaign is rolling in dough! You can't make this stuff up!
It's hard to believe that there are people in this country who want to make this serial Liar our president! LOL!

Clinton's campaign was strapped for cash, so Clinton used some of her own money to help and some of her staff offered to work without pay.

Clinton's campaign raised money, so no staff memeber has to go without pay.

End of story.

Hey chicka are you kidding? How did Bill CLinton use the white house as his personal ATM? Was that before or after he bettered everyone's bottom line and strengthened the economy and eliminated the federal deficit?? What republican has done that in the last century? I think Hillary will do it and I can't wait to breathe that sigh of relief!

Obama, was crying like a baby during the South Carolina primaries. Any, negative comments towards him was unfair and lacked character. Hmmmm, he gets Old school politicians backing him (against his campaign slogan of change/new politics) He still not above spending more time attacking clinton w/o shame. Then speaking about issues. Now, after stragetically bragging about his 32 million dollars raise. He is going on the negative about show me your tax records. Seems, he graduated to the majors league of real politics. Cry foul when your on your own, Attack negatively when there are numbers. Obama, grow up. Learn how to stand on your own.

Obama is a creation of the news media hungering for a more exciting story. I am a former John Edwards supporter but I donated $50 to Hillary last night and signed onto her team her in Texas. I, like many other Clinton and Edwards supporters, will not vote for Obama in November IF, IF, IF he wins because I'm sick of all you Obama supporters and your absolute hate for Hillary or anyone who disagrees with you. WE ARE ALL DEMOCRATS SO LOSE THE HATE!!!! You are all acting like ignorant children with these disgusting comments about another human being.

Crying? No, being a crybaby is Hilary's forte as seen in New Hampshire and then again before Super Tuesday. When the going gets tough, bring on the tears on camera. That's her main strategy. Get your facts straight.

Well here's some news for Obama. All of the Clinton supporters in our section of the Minnesota causus stated they were voting for McCain if Obama was the nominee. There are more than a few Democrats that are concerned about national security.

For all the talk of Obama's unity...well his supporters need to understand that comes at a price. What national issue are the Democrats going to cave into the Republicans on...under an Obama presidency? Because unity means that you compromise. So how many issues are the Democrats going to cave on. Of course, there is no mention of surrendering from the Republicans. So what ISSUES are all of you willing to give up on? Will Obama choose it's abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, health care, poverty? Democrats need to think hard about their choices.

At some point, the folks who voted for George Bush TWICE are going to have to explain their reasoning. At some point, the folks who are voting for the Clintons for a third time are going to have to explain their reasoning. The comments above in support of Mrs. Clinton have the exact same reasoning: FEAR. Fear of the unknown and fear of the known. We are not supposed to worry about the future or regret the past (e.g., the involvement of our president in an extramarital affair in Mrs. Clinton's home that indicates a sex addiction). The right response to every situation is in our nature when our lives are supremely concentrated in the present. The Clinton supporters have to admit that at the present time, the positivity is coming from Obama. Mrs. Clinton had to move to neutral just to hold on to her supporters.

We have never trained our citizens to be president because we have never had to--it's not necessary because the citizens run this government. Mrs. Clinton, who I deeply admire, has had no training as president. The experience she does have was during a time of peace, and the players were different.

The supporters above are arguing that we should not question her or ask her to reveal as much about herself as necessary for us to make a decision in a tight race, just as any employer would. The world is watching and wants us to return to being the shining light on the hill that helps them fight their own oppressions and disappointments in their own countries.

My beloved Mrs. Clinton (and I mean that--I would love to spend lots of time hanging out with her during my life's journey) is not offering a light of hope because she can't. Mrs. Clinton's nature, which will not change, causes her to reach for things that divide us in order to conquer her own enemies and handle her fears.

What was written above in support of her reminds me of the people who lived around the concentration camps in Germany and turned a blind eye to the suffering they knew about firsthand. Those comments scare me. Have you ever worked with or for a husband and wife team? It is hell on earth to be used as pawns by a husband and wife with power.

Just more drama from the Clinton team. Its always something.

Gee, Nick -- I always thought of Minnesotans as being much brighter and more thoughtful than that. Maybe I should reconsider. (Translation: Save your empty threats, and quit trying to impugn all Minneosota Democrats just because you're ticked off that your candidate will not succeed.)

Obama is promising us that he can lead us all to work with one another. All very up-lifting, huh?

Here, then, is how that inclusive message translates to the rest of us from his very own supporters (see the entire post at 11:20 pm above):

"Actually, I'm one of Obama's people... But I'd vote for Idi Amin before I vote for Hillary Clinton. She's divisive, nasty, calculating, and just interested in turning the White House into her own personal ATM, just like Bill has done... If the DNC Power Brokers insists on Clinton II, I'll still have John McCain. Either way, I win."

It appears that Senator Barack Obama is a miserable failure as a uniter.

Uniting as a People, one America, has nothing to do with uniting behind a candidate (and husband) that divided the Democratic Party by demeaning the South Carolina electorate, and Barak Obama's experience as inadequate. I won't just line up behind someone just because the Party Powers say so. I'm not some mindless sheep.

Bill Clinton used his presidential pardon power in exchange for favors and money - that's been documented on all the major networks like ABC. There were even stories at the time that they stole the White House furniture (!), that Congress had to debunk publicly, because so few people DIDN'T believe it wasn't possible.

It's not Obama's fault, nor a lack of skill on his part, that 54% of this country can't stand Hillary Clinton.

"Just getting a democrat in" is NOT a valid reason to vote democrat in November.

there are a number of reasons why HRC should reveal her tax information but I guess that's too deep for you to understand. You are angry about what Senator Obama said but it doesn't bother you about some of the things Hillary and Bill have said. My point is don't make a hasty decision based on what you think someone said, I hope we as Americans are more intelligent than that and look at the issues, look at what they propose to do if elected. I am voting for Senator Obama because I took the time to read his issues and platforms as well as Senator Clinton's and for me Senator Obama makes more sense and more in line with my thhinking. So America stop basing your votes on trival things and start paying attention to the issues at hand. Do your homework, an uninformed person makes for a very dangerous voter.

At the end of the day, which candidate from either party is most likely to effect REAL change in Washington? The Republicans, who mostly vote their pocketbooks, like to rant about smaller government (code for lower taxes), but don't understand the reality. Check out the Fortune 500 companies and determine how many of them owe their profits to a single large customer (Uncle Sam) ? In effect, and very much so over the past 7 years, the government sends taxpayers money to large companies. It loves to talk about national security because that justifies the big corporate give aways. Do the math...the future of the country has already been mortgaged well into the century, assets have been transferred to other countries who are lending the money being squandered in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, our healthcare system bankrupts people who want to live but cannot afford outrageous healthcare premiums asked by companies whose sole concern is making profits, and yet they deliver health outcomes that are embarrassing when compared to those of other developed countries, whose citizens pay much less. Note also that oil companies are reporting record profits despite claims that their margins are reduced because of the cost of crude. Get the picture??? The establishment gameplan is about creating a small number of super wealthy people who control Boardwalk and Parkplace while the rest of us work for peanuts and are made to feel grateful for the small crumbs thrown our way. The justification is always security, reinforced through the politics of fear. Remember when the real Soviet threat was exposed?? What threat???? Yet we paid for decades with the illusion that they were going to crush us when first given the opportunity...we would become Soviet slaves. The truth is we have become slaves to the Washington establishment, that is controlled by the super wealthy.