Why aren't the Clintons funding their own campaign?

[ecstatic]

Romney did... If Senator Clinton is so positive she can win, why isn't she putting her money where her mouth is?

Why is she complaining about her campaign being outspent, yet she refuses to reach for her own wallet?

Why take money from so called "down scale" voters while she's racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars from Columbia, etc.?

[TexasObserver]

1. They're too greedy to do that.

[lisa58]

2. They may have to before it's over.

[damntexdem]

3. Hey, they didn't make $109 million in recent years by investing in losing propositions!

And, after all, they just have to spend so much of their precious campaign cash on WHINING and dining.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Why didn't John kerry? Why didn't John Edwards?

Plus, THEY are not running for President. Hillary is. She hasn't made nearly as much as Bill.

But it's not a sincere question anyway - you'd attack her if she DID fund it herself. Just another bogus attack on a good democrat by the Hope faction.

[TheWraith]

25. A "good democrat" (small "d") who voted for the war, clusterbombing civilians, and landmines? Hm. NT

[MonkeyFunk]

27. a good democrat

with almost exactly the same stand on issues as Barack Obama.

The notion that she's far right and he's far left is just ludicrous.

[Aloha Spirit]

5. They need $$ for legal bills probs (eom)

[jasmine621]

6. Same reason Obama isn't funding his own campaign. Obama will be Owned

by the hidden but now exposed bundlers. He is against public financing of campaigns and now we see why. Hillary is playing the same game but is not PRETENDING to do otherwise.

[cali]

8. as moronic as the OP

The vast majority of money raised by Obama is from small donors. god, i'm sick of fucking stupid.

[Obamanaut]

14. Is stupid sick of it too? Try some other recreational activity. nt

[cali]

7. that's ridiculous

why should she, for one thing, and she doesn't have that kind of money for another. She's already spent more than she and bill have.

[mtnsnake]

9. Dumbest question of the year

For one thing, Romney is the exception to the rule, and he had little choice.

Why the fuck should Clintons fund their campaign when they're doing remarkably well otherwise? Is Obama funding his own campaign?

[SwampG8r]

11. remarkably well?

maybe whe looked at thru these


otherwise....not so much

[MyNameGoesHere]

17. As compared to romney

she has done well. Perhaps it isn't the glasses but a severed neuro-transmitter?





Why is Superman checking out my ass?

[mtnsnake]

18. Yes remarkably well. Name any other politician, other than Obama, who has raised more money than her

[SwampG8r]

20. this election cycle or any ?

comparatively adjusted to todays dollar or a straight comparison dollar for dollar?
in the US or worldwide?
i already know you are mistaken
i just want to find out by what standard you are mistaken

[mtnsnake]

23. this election cycle, unless Hillary ran for President some other time that I'm not aware of

[crankychatter]

10. "Tee-hee, I just found out my husband is rich"

maybe bill gives her an allowance

[Araxen]

12. The Clintons should put their money where their mouths are

[leftynyc]

26. Were you asking the same of John Edwards?

If not, perhaps it's time to ask yourself why not.

[SoonerPride]

13. They're saving their money for their new home in Dubai

Come November they will no longer be welcome in America.

[Beaverhausen]

15. Do you only want the wealthy to be able to run for president?

If that's the country you want to live in, well I just don't know.

[BlueIdaho]

16. Perhaps they are

We won't know until we see her April info.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. Why should they, when the suckers will foot the bill?

[anonymous171]

21. Looks weak. Remember Romney?

[onenote]

22. because she, unlike you, can add.

Let's see. She and Bill had "gross" income of $109 million in the past eight years. Assuming that she had absolutely no other expenses (which apparently is the fantasy world in which the OP lives) other than taxes and her charitable contributions, she is left with in the neighborhood of $60 million. (Of course, she did have expenses, including north of $10 million in legal fees).

But anyway, let's consider how much the campaign is costing: $1 million a day or more the last few months. OVer 30 million in February alone.

Now, since you've raised Mr. Romney, let's look at the facts. His net (not gross) worth has been estimated to be as much as $350 million. I don't know how much he gave/lent his campaign, but I do know that (a) he didn't self-finance -- he raised money from donors as well as giving/lending his own money and (b) he raised more from third parties than he put in from his own funds.


On edit: I checked opensecrets.org --
Romney raised over $105 million, around 60 percent from third parties, around 40 percent from himself. If you assume his net worth is 350 million, his 40 million loan/contribution equals around 11 percent of his net worth.

If you figure HRC only made the one $5 million loan to her campaign reported, and that her net worth is no more than 50 million, then she ponied up 10 percent -- right in line with Romney.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.asp?id=N00000286&cycle=2008

So, as an Obama supporter, I would suggest that you stop asking questions that only embarass yourself.

[Tom Rinaldo]

24. Why is Obama burning up cash three times faster than Clinton

If he is so far ahead and his supporters say he can't lose? Why is he still appealing for more money?

These are silly questions. Obama spends in one month what both Clinton's collectively make in four years BEFORE income taxes and their charitable tithing. We have way moved past the point where anyone other than Mayor Bloomberg or Ross Perot can self fund their own campaigns.

[AllentownJake]

28. They probably are at this point

We won't hear about it till after the PA primary.

[gear_head]

29. because they don't have to ... n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

30. Because their entire fortune is only enough to run their campaign for a month, maybe?

Elections are fucking expensive!

[susankh4]

31. I seem to remember that

when she did front money to her camp... the Obama folks were all over her for being unethical.

Which is it? Should she, or should she not?

Here's an idea... why don't ya'll quit trying to buy this election? Send your money to Greenpeace, or the Humane Society, or the Pink Ribbon drive .... and let your millionaire candidate fund *his* own campaign?

[AllentownJake]

32. I don't care

Where she gets the funding. Just as long as it is disclosed.

[Hepburn]

33. That $800K Bill got out of the Colombia deal....

...that could be used! :evilgrin: