Presidential Election: Clinton drops $5 million to keep up with Obama

Monday, February 11, 2008 at 10:22 PM

Posted in Politics National

by DCN

Clinton drops $5 million to keep up with Obama
Newsday, NY - Feb 6, 2008
BY GLENN THRUSH | glenn.thrush@newsday.com 4:00 PM EST, February 6, 2008 WASHINGTON - A cash-strapped Hillary Rodham Clinton was forced to loan her campaign ...

 

Comment by John J. Pitney, Jr., Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics
google news commentHey, Senator Clinton, I Need a Loan! - Feb 7, 2008

For the Clinton campaign, the $5 million loan is a financial benefit and a potential political headache.  First, it raises questions as to whether the Clintons got rich through their links to special interests.  Second, the news comes at a time when many Americans are struggling to get loans, as Senator Clinton herself has said.

Senator Obama’s campaign can have some fun here.

Just picture would-be homebuyers and college students going to Clinton rallies and holding up signs saying:  “Hey Senator Clinton, I need a loan!”

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