How did Hillary run out of money to the point of having to loan her campaign millions?

[ProSense]

Clinton outpaced Obama in fourth quarter fundraising

By Aaron Blake
Posted: 01/09/08

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) outraised Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the fourth quarter of 2007, and her national campaign chairman guaranteed she will overtake Obama in funds raised this month despite an early deficit.

Clinton raised $24 million in primary funds in the fourth quarter and has added $3 million this month, campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe told supporters and media on Wednesday.

The former total narrowly outpaced Obama, whose campaign announced in a memo earlier in the day that it raised $23.5 million during the quarter, all but $1 million of which was for the primary.

Obama’s camp, though, said the Illinois senator raised more than $8 million during the first eight days of January, which included five days after his Jan. 3 win in the Iowa caucus.

Despite this, McAuliffe went so far as to promise that Clinton would outraise Obama this month. He said she has raised more than $1 million online since her victory in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, asserting fundraising momentum from the unexpected victory that seemed to resurrect her candidacy after a loss in Iowa.

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Hillary's financial problems are serious

Is this a pattern of overspending?

[Hieronymus]

1. For one thing, her supporters quit giving her money...

[demo dutch]

3. Not me! and a ton of people I know!

[rox63]

2. All those consultants are expensive

I hear Mark Penn is costing her $4 million alone.

[Red Zelda]

4. Maybe Ed Rendell can mail her some graft

before she comes here to PA and gets her polyester-wearing ass kicked.

[DUyellow]

5. somebody has egg on their face : McAuliffe went so far as to promise that Clinton would outraise Oba

[Bitwit1234]

6. BULLCRAP...she just raised 4 million in a little over a day and almost up to

6 million in two, and 50 dollars of that I gave....I suppose that's another rumor floated to try to dis but it won't work.......

[Hieronymus]

9. Are you unaware that Hillary had to write check to her own campaign ..

for $5million ... Or are you just being obtuse?
Obama raised way more money than she.

[sniffa]

10. Have you thought about giving this post its own thread?

You really make your points eloquently for Senator Clinton. :thumbsup:

[Botany]

7. They were counting on a knock out blow on 2/5/08

Oops!

Also many of her donors are tapped out ... for the $2,300 max.

Guess







and others will have to step for "their girl."

[DJ13]

8. The Clinton campaign had long planned on spending it all on a knockout blow..

...they expected on Super Tuesday.

They had no contingency plan (nor money left) to fight Obama's rising popularity, and tying in delegates last Tuesday has left them in a bad situation they may not recover from.