Subscribe by RSSFollowing PA Win, Clinton Rakes in Cash
The Pennsylvania victory brought more than a needed victory for the Clinton campaign. Since the win on Tuesday night, her campaign has been raking in the cash from new donors, hand over fist.
Here’s a report on it from the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Turns out Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory Tuesday came with a cash prize.
In the hours after winning Pennsylvania’s Democratic presidential primary, Clinton’s campaign said she raised $3.5 million.
By midday Wednesday, the campaign estimated the total haul at $10 million raised online in the 24 hours since Pennsylvania’s polls closed, and claimed it was her best fundraising day ever.
Clinton, desperate to fight on against a flush Barack Obama, could certainly use the money.
On Sunday, the campaign revealed that at the end of March it had just over $9 million in the bank and $10 million in debt. Obama had more than $40 million cash on hand at the start of April.
Obama has been able to tap a formidable network of donors that now total more than 1.3 million. Clinton has a smaller donor base and only recently has begun to expand it through Internet solicitation. But a greater share of Clinton’s donors have contributed the maximum $2,300 to the primary allowed by law. That means that to stay within sight of Obama, she has to find new donors — not an easy task this late in a campaign.
Also, here’s a report from CBS News:
This doesn’t exactly close the money gap between the Clinton and Obama campaigns, however, it does provide Clinton some much needed funding to compete heavily in the upcoming contests.
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This all is sickening….we have homeless people, starving people…416 children living in a crowded shelter in texas…sick people, dying people, and these idiots raise enough money over night to feed all of the united states and care for the sick…quite gross if you ask me and i will bet the big guy upstairs is not sitting around getting a chuckle out of it….we have become a greedy nation that will get all that it deserves by the disgusting behavior these two candidates and all that support this ridiculous show. The guy who takes the money and puts it to a real good use, is the man/woman who should lead the people of the united states…the clintons have always been stage show people and obama, as he might ahve appeared different is showing the same selfish, greedy, do anything to win style…
McCain is looking better and better everyday and that my frieds is a shame….
Laura
If you think McCain is any better then you are mistaken. I agree that 95% of the people are greedy and I agree that it is sick but these three are all we have to choose from. Although I would not even consider giving money to any of them we do have to show support for who we think will do the best in the White House.
For the greed…well, they will hear about it again.
Some have called the american presidental elections a “political show”. And for the show to go on, money is required. And for the country to get better, you need a fair, capable and concerned government. It’s just very hard to vote right when so many candidates are corrupt and full of shit. In the end you just have to choices: 1. to give the benefit of the doubt and expect them to keep their promises and protest all you can if they don’t 2. to become a fatalistic and nihilistic cynic and to avoid voting for people you “know” won’t do anything except to abuse their power.
See, representative democracy is a tricky thing, and yet is probably the best system out there. You have to live with that. Want to do something for the ones in need? Give money to charity, don’t fall into the traps of the consumer, always say what you should and not what is better for you… live a life with principles.
With some luck, it will be contagious for others.
I donated $20! Wish I had more to give to her campaign, but I’m a poor college student!
It’s nice to hear a college student is donating to someone besides Obama, kudos to you, Curtis! =)