Holy Jeez!! Hillary Spent $109,823 per Delegate!! No Wonder she is Hanging on to Them.

[ballsalicious]

(a quick note to the Unity Police: This post is Unity neutral and has no redeeming value beyond the trivial; flaming this post for lack of Unity is not appropriate and will be frowned upon.)

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/06/09/2008-06-09_hillary_clinton_paid_a_heavy_price_for_p.html

(text from the NY Daily News article)

Eighteen million votes: $212 million.

Some 1,926 delegates: $109,823 a pop.

Blowing the biggest head start in presidential history: priceless.

From anointed to also-ran, Hillary Clinton spent more money to lose a primary election than any candidate in Democratic Party history.

"The Clinton campaign found itself without adequate money at the beginning of 2008," chief strategist Mark Penn wrote in a published Op-Ed yesterday - but it was enough of a cash stash to fund the causes she championed.

The money raised could have been better spent.

Instead of throwing it at a failed political bid, Clinton could have achieved a lot of her goals.

The former First Lady, an outspoken proponent of family values, might have delivered a much-needed vacation to working families: sending more than 76,000 families of four from New York to California to visit Mickey, Donald and Goofy.

And don't forget the economy.

Instead of throwing cash away, she might have better invested the $11 million she gave her campaign by buying everyone in New York City a Mega Millions ticket.

And she could have bought 9,838 people a new hybrid Toyota Prius, or given out 70.7 million energy-efficient light bulbs.

Remember that gas tax holiday plan? Nearly 53 million gallons of free gas could have been bought with that sum.

And think of Clinton's deep interest in health care: $212 million could've covered 705 artificial heart surgeries. Or, presuming an average price of $20, she could have bought flu vaccines for 10.6 million people - not quite universal, but a darn good start.

If the former First Lady really wanted to push women to the forefront, she could have equipped all 2,300 students at her alma mater, Wellesley College, with a Porsche 911 Carrera. (Should they find themselves late for class, it boasts a top track speed of 174 mph.)

And to show her allegiance to her adopted state of New York, Clinton could have given every one of the 1.24 million students, teachers and staffers in the New York City school system one of the priciest Yankees mementos on MLB.com: the "Mounted Memories New York Yankees Cut-Stone Baseball With Polished Zinc Display."

To thank New York for its support, Clinton could have used the $212 million to treat every Empire Stater to a movie ticket.

Recommended viewing: "The Fall."

[cbc5g]

1. Blowing the biggest (30%!!) head start in presidential history: priceless

LOL wow ... Man I can understand how pissed some die hard Hillary supporters are. That is just a blowout.

[w13rd0]

2. Unhelpful...

...every national election has become grossly, shamefully expensive. Hell, look at Romney, he was spending upwards of a million a delegate or somesuch. I'm sure Obama spent quite a bit per delegate as well. Nevermind how much of McCains soul he had to parcel off and sell for his shot at the golden ticket.

And of course, let's not miss this opportunity to point out that the spending, for a DAY of US Military Activities in Iraq, is only a bit less (20 million) than what Senator Clinton spent for the entire primary season.

[PBS Poll-435]

3. This is REALLY useful!

Since Obama outraised and outspent her, how much did each of his delegates cost?

[MNDemNY]

4. The Amount spent "per delegate" for Barack must be on par with that figure, correct?

Or maybe more? Anybody done the math?

[paulk]

8. Obama spent almost twice as much on the entire campaign

so his delegates must have cost almost twice as much.

[Happyhippychick]

5. Giulilani (or 9ui11ani) spent $26 million on ONE delegate.

He wins.

[Boz]

6. Her campaign spent approximately 2 million a piece on the final 32

From march on. Not including supers

[pnwmom]

7. If the OP is "neutral" then where is the comparable figure for Obama?

Looks like a Hillary slam to me.

How many Priuses could Obama have given away? How many lightbulbs?

What a ridiculous post.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

9. That's, what, less than a dollar per American, just more than a dollar per voter in the electorate?

A silly post, I feel.

Your initial claim to be "unity neutral", in particular, is patently false.

[Youphemism]

10. That's about $12 per voter -- more than her gas tax plan would save. /nt