Well this news coming out of the Clinton campaign can’t be good; staffers going without pay and Hillary adding $5 million of her own money. The last candidate that cut staff funds was Rudy and we all see how that worked out. And, then there’s Romney who opens his check book daily and that’s not helping him. You really have to wonder how bad things really are behind the scenes for Hillary.
Clinton’s January fund raising was bleak compared to Obama’s $37 million, not to mention the $3 million Obama raised on line after Super Tuesday. Hillary Clinton, the inevitable Democratic Party nominee must be screaming.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked ahead on Wednesday to a long and bruising presidential battle, and Clinton said she loaned $5 million of her own money to the costly fight to keep pace.
Clinton tried to keep up with Obama’s growing fundraising prowess — he raised about $32 million in January to her less than $14 million — by loaning her campaign $5 million late last month.
“I loaned it because I believe very strongly in this campaign,” she told reporters at her headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, a state that votes next Tuesday.
“We had a great month fundraising in January, broke all records, but my opponent was able to raise more money and we intended to be competitive and we were and I think the results last night proved the wisdom of my investment,” she said.
Also, as a show of solidarity some Clinton staff members have volunteered to go without pay, a Clinton spokesman said
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