Hillary Clinton Raises Record $45 Million in First Quarter of Campaign-HRC ROOM

[hrmjustin]

HILLARY CLINTON ROOM

Jennifer Epstein


Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign raised at least $45 million during its first quarter, her campaign told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-01/hillary-clinton-raises-45-million-in-first-quarter-of-campaign

[Sancho]

1. Great!

[Gothmog]

2. This is great news

[onehandle]

3. I estimated 30-40 million to a Bernie person the other day.

Glad I underestimated when I answered the question.

The subject was the 8 million Senator Sanders had raised.

[riversedge]

4. ..the figure bests the previous primary record of $41.9 million set by Obama’s campaign in 2011

Interesting tidbit:



POLITICO ?@politico 2m2 minutes ago

The campaign noted the figure bests the previous primary record of $41.9 million set by Obama’s campaign in 2011 http://politi.co/1JvOlz2

[Cha]

13. Wow! I know President Obama raised some serious $$$ with the threat of a mitt

going to the white house.. they had been planning to win and he didn't even write a concession speech.. so sure was he!

This is great news riversedge!

[Starry Messenger]

5. Many are donations of under $100 too, I read?

Chris Hayes had a bit he went over last night about campaign funding and the way it has shifted from the 90's for Democratic Party candidates.

I can't find the video, but the gist was that more donations are coming in now from progressives, even wealthy ones who have issues they want to see supported, and there are less coming in from Wall Street for DP candidates via bundlers.

[hrmjustin]

6. 91 percent are $100 or less.

[Starry Messenger]

7. That's even higher than I remembered!

That's great!

[OKNancy]

8. Kind of puts the kibosh on the meme around here that

she just gets big money donors. I was one of the 91%!

[hrmjustin]

9. Oh some are tdying to downplay it already.

[OKNancy]

10. Like it's their job

[hrmjustin]

11. Lol yes.

[Cha]

14. Wonderful!

[Thinkingabout]

12. The numbers are behind Hillary and looking good. She is at the level in which Elizabeth Warren

spent on her senate campaign. The amount she has raised is testimony her supporters wants her to win.

[Gothmog]

15. With the super pac money, HRC has raised $70 million

[Gothmog]

16. Knife to a gunfight

This article had a very interesting quote about the role of super pacs in the upcoming election http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/03/bernie-sanders-grassroots-movement-gains-clinton-machine

Harvard University professor Lawrence Lessig, who founded a Super Pac to end Super Pacs, said Sanders’ renouncing Super Pacs is tantamount to “bringing a knife to a gunfight”.

“I regret the fact the Bernie Sanders has embraced the idea that he’s going to live life like the Vermont snow, as pure as he possibly can, while he runs for president, because it weakens his chances – and he’s an enormously important progressive voice,” Lessig said.

President Obama was against super pacs in 2012 but had to use one to keep the race close. I do not like super pacs but any Democratic candidate who wants to be viable has to use a super pac, The super pacs associated with Clinton raised $24 million and so Clinton raised $70 this quarter.