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Short of Cash, Clinton Is Forced to Cut Spending (Hillary's fundraising COLLAPSING!)
New York Times ^ | 05/09/2008 | Patrick Healy and Michael Ulo

Posted on 05/08/2008 11:20:43 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

The once-formidable fund-raising machine of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun to sputter at the worst possible moment for Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign, Clinton advisers and donors said Thursday, with spending curtailed on political events and advertising as Mrs. Clinton seeks to compete in the last six nominating contests.

Mrs. Clinton’s diminished political momentum, following Tuesday’s loss in the North Carolina primary and her narrow victory in Indiana, appears to have had a dampening effect on her fund-raising, aides said, increasing the likelihood that Mrs. Clinton will lend her campaign more of her own money beyond the $11 million she has already provided.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2008; elections; fundraising; hillaryclinton; itsover; nyc

1 posted on 05/08/2008 11:20:44 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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To: Mr. Silverback

Ping. ;)


2 posted on 05/08/2008 11:22:24 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If McCain really CAN "win without conservatives," then why do you care if I vote for him or not?)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

To think they were almost broke and homeless when they entered the White House all those years ago. Now she can afford to lend her campaign 11 million dollars and then some.

I wonder what the SKU for “Influence” is at the Walmart in D.C., because between Billy and Hilly, they must’ve sold tons of it.


3 posted on 05/08/2008 11:31:21 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Dang it. I think I'm gonna call her campaign and pledge right now.

Not in my own name, of course. The Obits are full of names I can give 'em. BTT.

4 posted on 05/08/2008 11:32:17 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: coconutt2000
To think they were almost broke and homeless when they entered the White House all those years ago.

No, no, no. That's just the way Bill always smells, is all. ;)

5 posted on 05/08/2008 11:32:58 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If McCain really CAN "win without conservatives," then why do you care if I vote for him or not?)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
"increasing the likelihood that Mrs. Clinton will lend her campaign more of her own money beyond the $11 million she has already provided."

Good. Hope the Clintons spend it all and live in poverty the rest of their lives. Wishful thinking unfortunately, it just can't happen. Their lips are permanently glued to the taxpayers teat for the rest of their lives.

6 posted on 05/08/2008 11:34:51 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I still don’t believe the reports of her raising 10 million the day after Pennsylvania.

I think it was a setup.

She knew she would win and had some illegal funds ready to be laundered in under the guise of “new momentum”.

Someone should investigate..


7 posted on 05/08/2008 11:37:14 PM PDT by Wil H
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
This could work out to be is the best of all possible scenarios. Hillary's ego unwilling to let her give up on her campaign. Thus causing them to finance the campaign only to lose to either Obama or in the GE. Then they can go away with a lot less money in their pockets.
8 posted on 05/08/2008 11:48:48 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Worst possble time????? The primaries are over. It will cost her very little to win in WVa, KY and battle it out in Oregon, Puerto Rico, SD and Montana? What is the biggest media market, Portland or Louisville? I suspect they have enough money to finish this out.


9 posted on 05/08/2008 11:53:58 PM PDT by JLS
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To: coconutt2000

I’ve been wondering when she’s going to start dumping all the dirt she’s been compiling over al these years on those who she feels have betrayed her in the ‘rat party. I have a feeling it could be spectacular if she does.


10 posted on 05/09/2008 12:00:52 AM PDT by mrsmel (I have principles too, McCain! And I'm a maverick against your candidacy!)
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To: mrsmel
I’ve been wondering when she’s going to start dumping all the dirt she’s been compiling over al these years on those who she feels have betrayed her in the ‘rat party. I have a feeling it could be spectacular if she does.

That's the dirt she'll use to manage the superdelegates.

11 posted on 05/09/2008 12:40:37 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Working-Class Hero

Bottoms Up!


12 posted on 05/09/2008 1:03:56 AM PDT by XR7
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To: Cementjungle

Some of that dirt will be needed in Ft. Marcy park.


13 posted on 05/09/2008 1:06:02 AM PDT by healy61
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Ren and Stimpy are on standby...

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Waiting for it...waiting for it...

In all honesty I don't think she's going away. She's going to suspend operations and consolidate her resources. Talk to her Chinese ATM and build up for the assault at the convention. Her operators will keep digging at Obama and take him part piece by piece by releasing little tidbits about him to the media - death by 1,000 cuts Clinton Style.

Then she'll start whispering into the ears of the delegates and buy the ones she finds list on the political equivelent of "Ebay". The others she'll have files on.

She may pull it off, maybe. There could be just enough Clinton-haters amongst the dems to drive her off. They can't control her after all, and her death-grip on the power of the presidency must scare more than a few of them.

Either way, it's a guarantee that unless the rats have the guts to take her down themselves, she's not going away.

The bleeding will continue...

CHEERS! ; )

14 posted on 05/09/2008 1:56:19 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

the clintons are like a bad reoccurring dream,

they’re just back in your face again and again and again.

a friend of mine said an interesting thing the other day:

i mentioned george mcgovern and she said “i thought he was dead; you never hear about him”.

not the clintons.


15 posted on 05/09/2008 1:58:24 AM PDT by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Gee, Just think... Another month or two of this and even McCain will be able to outspend her. ; )


16 posted on 05/09/2008 2:03:13 AM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
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To: Wil H
I still don’t believe the reports of her raising 10 million the day after Pennsylvania. I think it was a setup.

I agree with you 100%. Someone should be tracking funds from Chinese nationals and their interests.

Someone should investigate..

*chuckle*

Who? The Clintons?.... ; )

Quite seriously, the rats may end up using her own tactics against her now that we're really seeing the fracture in the party develop. I'm pretty sure the powers that be, like *choke* Howard Dean are doing their best to prevent this. However, each faction has their power brokers who can inflict quite a bit of damage on an opponent when they don't get their way.

In the end, the money would probably be best put on Hillary. She's had the years to get the operatives and believers in place in key positions and Obama's a "noob".

This is also why I believe an Obama candidacy is preferable to the "second coming" of Clinton.

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17 posted on 05/09/2008 2:03:18 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Oh brother!

If she gets anywhere close to the Whitehouse her enemies list will fill the New York Public Library.

Going to be Hell to pay!

18 posted on 05/09/2008 3:11:04 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I guess too many of her key fundraisers are either in jail or on the lam.


19 posted on 05/09/2008 5:00:15 AM PDT by rod1 (u)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Time to break into the Swiss Bank Account.


20 posted on 05/09/2008 5:10:54 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Darn.

I guess it is time for me to send her some more cash


21 posted on 05/09/2008 5:25:13 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: AFPhys
I guess it is time for me to send her some more cash

I'm actually going to double the previous amount that I've sent to the bitch.

Two times zero = ?

22 posted on 05/09/2008 5:33:17 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: bmwcyle

Swiss? Naw...it’s all in Grand Cayman under Chelsea’s name...hoo hahahahahaaaa!!!


23 posted on 05/09/2008 6:00:37 AM PDT by GRRRRR (2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I want ALL Democrtas to send in ALL their money!!! BREAK ‘em Hillary!!


24 posted on 05/09/2008 6:15:18 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: GRRRRR

Amen....the account’s are under Chelsea Jefferson.


25 posted on 05/09/2008 6:17:25 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
So Operation Chaos, in addition to hurting the Oessiah’s campaign and destroying Clinton inc, is also bankrupting the Clintons!

HAT TRICK!

26 posted on 05/09/2008 6:42:32 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (http://www.iraqvetsforcongress.com ---- Get involved, make a difference.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Benefits of Operation Chaos:

1. Brings the Obamassiah down to size

2. Kills Clinton Inc.

3. Puts a hurt on the Clinton net worth

4. Brings about primary reform (close those primaries)


27 posted on 05/09/2008 6:46:58 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (El Conservo Tribe, tribal name "Avoids Fort Marcy Park" Watching the Rat Fight. typical white person)
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To: NeoCaveman

Excellent points Neo


28 posted on 05/09/2008 7:14:50 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (http://www.iraqvetsforcongress.com ---- Get involved, make a difference.)
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To: MNJohnnie

3 of the points were yours. I just added the last one.

Rush may have forced the parties to do real reform of the system, so Ops Chaos can’t happen again. Sort of like how hackers improve security by showing the design flaws in programs.


29 posted on 05/09/2008 7:18:12 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (El Conservo Tribe, tribal name "Avoids Fort Marcy Park" Watching the Rat Fight. typical white person)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Hey, now we have two candidates in the race who are willing to cut spending! :-P

Stay in there fighting, Hillary! Without you there would be no Reverend Wright, or any pics of Bil Ayers standing on Old Glory!


30 posted on 05/09/2008 8:58:37 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Dude, I’ve stood in a buffet line next to a homeless person, and I can tell you if Bill smalled like that there’d be now Gennifer Flowers scandal, no Lewinsky scandal...heck, there wouldn’t have been a Paula Jones scandal because she wouldn’t have wanted to be in an enclosed space with the guy.

However, like many of the homeless, Bill is mentally ill and refuses help.


31 posted on 05/09/2008 9:04:44 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Folks if Hillary keeps pouring her own money into this failing campaign, she is not about to get out soon. I think she is going to take this to the convention.
32 posted on 05/09/2008 1:16:59 PM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: Mr. Silverback
Dude, I’ve stood in a buffet line next to a homeless person

... yes, and those were the most thrilling, profoundly fulfilling seven minutes of my entire life. ;)

33 posted on 05/09/2008 3:36:04 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If McCain really CAN "win without conservatives," then why do you care if I vote for him or not?)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I love seeing the words hillary and collapsing in the same headline! ;9)


34 posted on 05/09/2008 3:46:07 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
... yes, and those were the most thrilling, profoundly fulfilling seven minutes of my entire life. ;)

I'm glad I could enlighten you. BTW, I'm not complaining, but I took those racing tips you gave me, and it turns out there's not a horse named Aliens Stealing Our Precious Bodily Fluids. That's why I haven't stopped by with a check for your share of the winnings.

35 posted on 05/09/2008 4:59:19 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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