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Clinton Loans Campaign Money...Again

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May 07, 2008 9:26 AM

ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: ABC News can confirm that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., made three new loans of her own money to her campaign over the last month, two of them following her win in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary. 

On April 11, Sen. Clinton loaned her campaign $5M; on May 1, she loaned $1M; and on May 5, loaned $425,000.

Insiders says Clinton "will continue to" loan money to the campaign.

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BARACK HASNT TAKEN MONEY FROM LOBBYISTS. ALSO HOW CAN HILLARY RELATE TO THE WORKING CLASS WHEN SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO LOAN HER CAMPAIGN 5 MILLION BUCKS. ITS POLITICAL RHETORIC BY THE CLINTON CAMP

Posted by: BILL | May 7, 2008 12:17:54 PM

It’s interesting how the “woman of the people”, the “non-elitist”, has been able to loan herself over $11 million so far...

Posted by: txdew | May 7, 2008 12:40:22 PM

The Clinton Calculus--

1)Lend the campaign $11.4 million

2)Publicly state she will "take this all the way to the convention" and threaten the democrats chance of uniting the party

3)Through a back-channel, indicate an interest in negotiating her conceding to Obama

4) Terms of her withdrawal: Obama and the DNC guarantee repayment of all campaign debts, including the Clintons (as well as a say in VP and cabinet selections)

5) Bill Clinton and Ickes lead the negotiation with Dean as referee

6) Obama agrees to the money, but holds firm on appointments and VP (as the Clintons expected)

7) Hiillary withdraws within the next two weeks or will face declining leverage as superdelegates abandon ship

Posted by: gorgon '08 | May 7, 2008 1:25:24 PM

Emily...I hear your negative words about Obama. But what has he done to bring you this opinion?

Posted by: LowB44 | May 7, 2008 2:39:31 PM

Let me preface by saying I am Independent....I chose to remain an Independent because I cannot embrace the ideals of either party and want to be free to vote my concience. What I cannot understand for the life of me is why someone who has chosen to belong to a party would vote for someone in the opposite party just because your candidate lost. You may believe you are being principled if you do so but in my opinion you're being childish and immature. If you could not live with party's nominee then why on earth belong to that party?

Posted by: indy_voter | May 7, 2008 3:16:35 PM

Some of you Hillary supporters remind me of what a Republican once said to not too long ago about GWB "I support him 100%". To put that much faith in any man or woman is dangerous and is tantamount to surrending all objectivity in assessing real issues and real problems especially when they are seriously flawed such as GWB (dumb) and the Clintons (untruthful). Keep an open mind people....Obama, if he is the candidate, certainly has what it takes to run this country...

Posted by: indy_voter | May 7, 2008 6:04:07 PM

I wonder if some of these bloggers really understand the cost of campaigns and the costs of advertisements. Obama outspent Hillary 3 to 1 and even 4 to 1, and she still beat him. Oprah et al must have very deep pockets.

Posted by: georgia | May 8, 2008 9:57:11 AM

Hillary was the most unattractive choice for the White House ever, and being a woman had nothing to do with it. If there was any doubt about the self-serving, slash and burn, moral relativist Clintons, Hillary dispelled those doubts during her campaign. Now, it’s becoming downright embarrassing, this self-delusional candidate, who would not go away. This is now a spectacle and what we are witnessing is no longer admirable in any light. If she is allowed on the Democratic Party ticket in any capacity the Republicans win. It’s that simple!

Posted by: Character Counts | May 8, 2008 10:08:51 AM

Obama know the most about economics because all economist agreed with Obama about gas tax holiday. This just show McCain and Hillary don't know economics.

Here is why obama is right about Gas Tax holiday.

Gas tax holiday will result in more people driving thus

1) there will be increase in demand and therefore the gas price will go back to the original price or more

2) more people driving = more money for foreign countries

3) more people driving = bad for the environment

Posted by: winter32842 | May 9, 2008 4:48:17 PM

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