Hillary Clinton announced today that she is loaning her campaign $5 Million in order to remain competitive with Barack Obama who raised much more money in January than Clinton did. Obama raised $32 Million from more than 250,000 donors (mostly online) in January while Clinton only raised $13.5 Million.
Could this mean that the Clinton campaign is or soon could be in financial trouble? Pay close attention to the amount of money Obama and Clinton spend on TV and radio advertising. Also pay attention to any downsizing of Clinton’s staff or other cost-saving moves.
Tags: 2008 Election, campaign finances, campaign fundraising, Clinton, Obama
February 6, 2008 at 8:37 pm |
Sure enough, NBC News reported tonight that some Clinton campaign staff will work without pay this month.
February 15, 2008 at 10:34 am |
[...] criteria by which we can measure the two campaigns are their finances. As I reported in a prior post, Hillary’s campaign has clearly been experiencing some financial difficulties recently. She [...]