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Hillary, Obama and the Campaign Debt Factor | 206 comments (206 topical)
jeez... (5.00 / 6) (#6)
by kempis on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:22:04 PM EST
I can't blame her for trying to retire that debt. However, if such a deal is in the works, it should have been done discreetly. If the Obama campaign or the DNC has leaked this then it's just one more effort to rub salt in her wounds.

I'm hating the Obama campaign and the DNC more by the minute.

How do we know who leaked? (5.00 / 1) (#12)
by zzyzx on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:25:17 PM EST
It could be speculation; that's how that article read.  For that matter, someone in the Clinton camp could be floating a trial balloon to the Obama group.

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To determine (5.00 / 2) (#26)
by TeresaInSnow2 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:29:17 PM EST
who leaked information, you have to ask yourself, who does it help?

Does it help Hillary for people to think she can't fundraise?

No, it helps Obama.

And BTW, I may need to remind folks that McCain had a horrible time in fundraising....

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who says it leaked? (none / 0) (#31)
by TruthMatters on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:31:06 PM EST
this happens all the time, Hillary's debt is known by all.

eventually a reporter would ask if they were willing to pay, and a staffer somewhere said yes they would probably do it if he ended the primaries faster.

you can't really keep it secret the public finds out eventually so why would the Obama campaign lie if they really are willing to do it?

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umm... (none / 0) (#44)
by mindfulmission on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:34:08 PM EST
Does it help Hillary for people to think she can't fundraise?
Umm... pretty sure that we already know that she is struggling with money.

Do you really think that we only know about this because the Obama campaign may pay off her debts?

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Wolffson for one. (none / 0) (#72)
by jimotto on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:43:58 PM EST
He's the one who talked about the 6.5 million dollar personal loan.  If she's 25 million in the hole, including 11 million out of her pocket, seems like paying off her debt is helping her quite a bit.

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Wolfson was asked ... (none / 0) (#188)
by NO2WONDERBOY on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:36:56 PM EST
on MSNBC earlier about the state of her campaign finances after alluding it (the campaign) was in trouble. He dismissed the "rumor" saying that although the campaign had not raised as much as BO, it had raised more than enough to fund the rest of the campaign's events leading to the nomination. In the meantime, there is quite a dynamic contribution process at hillaryclinton.com , we the Hillary stalwarts will not let her down, it's been done before, it will continue to be done, until she says so.

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Wolfson was asked ... (none / 0) (#189)
by NO2WONDERBOY on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:38:22 PM EST
on MSNBC earlier about the state of her campaign finances after alluding it (the campaign) was in trouble. He dismissed the "rumor" saying that although the campaign had not raised as much as BO, it had raised more than enough to fund the rest of the campaign's events leading to the nomination. In the meantime, there is quite a dynamic contribution process at hillaryclinton.com , we the Hillary stalwarts will not let her down, it's been done before, it will continue to be done, until she says so.

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I Think It Would Put obama's Camp In A Bad (none / 0) (#175)
by PssttCmere08 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:36:54 PM EST
light...or at least it should, but who knows with the way they spin everything to death.  It makes him look weak and trying to buy his way into one more office.

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really? (none / 0) (#18)
by kempis on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:27:07 PM EST
To humiliate herself?

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Yesterday, the media was suggesting (5.00 / 0) (#156)
by JavaCityPal on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:48:48 PM EST
that Clinton would go to Obama and negotiate a place on the ticket with the pay-off of her debt as the bait to get her to drop the race.

This is all just media creating a web of speculation scenarios to fill in all those many hours they need to talk.


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Combo of A Slow News Day & obama Still (none / 0) (#176)
by PssttCmere08 on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:37:52 PM EST
getting free passes and being the darling of the media.

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No Veep For You... (none / 0) (#181)
by AlladinsLamp on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:56:49 PM EST
After paying off her debts to drive her from the campaign, Hillary could have no complaint about not being offered the VP slot.

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Perhaps the leak is like a wolf in sheep's clothin (none / 0) (#207)
by BackFromOhio on Thu May 08, 2008 at 05:47:52 PM EST
I.e., a so-called leak of a fable, just like the leak on the even of the PA primary to the effect that there were 50 SDs waiting in the wings to endorse Obama.

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Hillary, Obama and the Campaign Debt Factor | 206 comments (206 topical)

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