Reply #36: Awesome analysis by you. And you're right about the loans. [View All]

[TexasObserver]

When a campaign figure that is not as rich as Romney (Clinton) puts in a bunch of money as a loan, they know that there are only two ways of getting the money back. Either you get it back right away, by appealing to supporters to dig deeper, or you have to reach a whole new group of contributors on the strength of winning big.

Hillary had counted on surging into the lead and using that to expand her contributor base. When that failed to happen, she went to Plan B - disclosure of the loan and a plea to the loyal base to raise the money to pay back the loan.

I do not see how she can raise enough money between now and Pennsylvania to continue to compete, unless she leaves her $5 million in, and kicks in more of her own money.