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Demeter

(85,373 posts)
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 04:39 PM Oct 2015

Hillary Clinton Spent Money Nearly as Fast as She Raised It in Third Quarter

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-10-01/hillary-clinton-spent-nearly-90-percent-of-funds-raised-in-3q

She shelled out approximately $9 of every $10 she raised in the latest quarter, according to preliminary figures...Hillary Clinton may have a burn rate problem.

The Democratic front-runner's presidential campaign spent about $25 million of the $28 million it raised in the third quarter of 2015, according to preliminary figures released by spokesman Josh Schwerin. Clinton expanded staffing in early primary states, and began spending money on television ads to try to solidify her position in the race against challenger Bernie Sanders.

While Clinton spent approximately $9 of every $10 she raised in the latest quarter, she has still built up a sizable war chest. According to Schwerin, Clinton has more than $32 million cash on hand, much of that remaining from the total $75 million the candidate has raised since entering the race in April. Larry Biddle, Howard Dean's former finance director, attributed Clinton's burn rate to staffing.

“I think Hillary is stacking her expenses on staffing,” Biddle said. “She's getting those higher-dollar folks that she needs to have for protection.”


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SO, WHAT IS SHE GETTING FOR ALL THAT MONEY? A BUNCH OF HAS-BEENS? OR RECYCLED ROVIANS? IF THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ANY "EXPERTS", THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING THEM UNDER WRAPS FOR YEARS.

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Hillary Clinton Spent Money Nearly as Fast as She Raised It in Third Quarter (Original Post) Demeter Oct 2015 OP
Your all-cap questions are answered in the very article you posted! ?? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1
She spends a lot of money for some very questionable advice tularetom Oct 2015 #2
We know what happened in 2008 Fumesucker Oct 2015 #3
I remember Obama asking me artislife Oct 2015 #12
I read that some of the 'consultation' firms can run up to 100K A MONTH! roguevalley Oct 2015 #17
So she spent money on competent staffers and TV ads. sufrommich Oct 2015 #4
The more she spends, the lower she plummets in polls. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #5
She'll be fine and her campaign is spending money where sufrommich Oct 2015 #6
That's why she needed a $22 million bailout from Obama last time? HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #8
She's too big to fail like those banks she voted to bail out jfern Oct 2015 #10
Hmmm,do you have a link for that? sufrommich Oct 2015 #11
Post #3 HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #13
Yeah,that's not proof that Obama paid off her debt. It's proof that Obama asked his sufrommich Oct 2015 #14
It's proof she can't manage a campaign competently Fumesucker Oct 2015 #15
Hillary is getting schooled by Bernie in all aspects of this campaign. Can't wait for the debate! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2015 #23
What is she getting? Good question. Not much it would appear considering her sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #7
If Hillary is buying people off,... HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #9
Politicians who say one thing while doing another, see her claim to be opposed to the money in sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #16
Hillary's hypocrisy is shameful! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2015 #24
Results of Jury Service - LiberalElite Oct 2015 #18
Wow, what a naive alerter. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #19
Who knows? all I know is LiberalElite Oct 2015 #20
I'll bet 90% of them are from a small number of posters. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #22
Your need to trash Hillary in this fashion all the time is telling. hrmjustin Oct 2015 #26
Good, and I'll keep telling. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #27
Hillary is spending the money she's raising? Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 #21
If you got it, flaunt it. Just don't advertise where it came from. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #25
k&R magical thyme Oct 2015 #28
And? She is supposed to hoard campaign money? leftofcool Oct 2015 #29

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
2. She spends a lot of money for some very questionable advice
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 04:46 PM
Oct 2015

I think she's getting played for a sucker by a bunch of hucksters who tell her what she wants to hear in exchange for some hefty fees. And IMO it's because of her basic insecurity and constant need for validation.

When the tap runs dry the sycophants will disappear.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
3. We know what happened in 2008
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 04:48 PM
Oct 2015
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/25/obama.clinton.debt/index.html?iref=newssearch



June 25 , 2008

(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama has asked top contributors to help former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton retire the debt from her failed presidential campaign, an Obama campaign source said.

Obama and Clinton ran a protracted race for the Democratic presidential nomination that left Clinton with a campaign debt of more than $22 million when she bowed out this month.

About $12 million of that amount is money the senator from New York loaned to the campaign herself.

Obama asked members of his National Finance Committee to contribute to Clinton's campaign if they were so inclined, but he did not direct them to do so, the Obama campaign source said Tuesday.
 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
12. I remember Obama asking me
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 05:53 PM
Oct 2015

As one of his supporters to chip on and help pay it off. I thought those "18 million cracks " should chip in 2 dollars each and do it themselves.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
17. I read that some of the 'consultation' firms can run up to 100K A MONTH!
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 06:37 PM
Oct 2015

Good god. I could pay off my house in a small bite of that money for one month. What a stupid process this is. Last time she spent a fortune on flowers and hotels. She should have learned and it will be harder since her donors being richer are tapped out. Expect a lot of vitriolic PACs to come to her rescue if this continues. She won't be able to fund any other way.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
5. The more she spends, the lower she plummets in polls.
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 05:08 PM
Oct 2015

Maybe the staffers, consultants, and focus groups aren't all that competent? Maybe buying more Facebook likes and endorsements will do the trick.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
11. Hmmm,do you have a link for that?
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 05:45 PM
Oct 2015

Clinton paid off the last of her debt in 2013 with Obama donors voluntarily paying $158,000 of it. Her campaign ended with 13 million in debt,12 million of her own money.


"A federal law known as the Hatch Act prohibited Clinton and other federal government employees from personally soliciting or accepting political contributions. The law does allow others to raise funds on Clinton's behalf, without her direct involvement. Former President Bill Clinton periodically sent out fundraising appeals to his wife's campaign email list to help retire her debt."


Campaign debt is hardly rare.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
14. Yeah,that's not proof that Obama paid off her debt. It's proof that Obama asked his
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 06:01 PM
Oct 2015

donors to contribute.The 20 million that CNN quotes was wrong,she came out of the election with a 13 million debt. Anyone who contributed the maximum to her campaign could not contribute to paying off her debt by law,that's why Obama asked his big contributors to help if they were so inclined,no where does that "prove" that "Obama paid off her debt",the claim is ridiculous.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
15. It's proof she can't manage a campaign competently
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 06:05 PM
Oct 2015

Imagine the hellfire of scorn that will rain down on this forum if Bernie loses the primary and asks Hillary for a bailout.



InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,121 posts)
23. Hillary is getting schooled by Bernie in all aspects of this campaign. Can't wait for the debate!
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:31 PM
Oct 2015

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
7. What is she getting? Good question. Not much it would appear considering her
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 05:24 PM
Oct 2015

dramatic drop in the polls.

But is it any wonder when she aligns herself with the likes of unethical people like David Brock and when many of those 'pundits' who support her, NOW but who like Brock HATED her in the past, they are an absolute reflection of HER. They say to people 'you don't need to have any core values'.

The worst of the worst of what that money can buy.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
9. If Hillary is buying people off,...
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 05:32 PM
Oct 2015

Then it's no stretch of the imagination that she's bought off. Somebodies are supplying all that money...they're gonna want a return on that investment.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
16. Politicians who say one thing while doing another, see her claim to be opposed to the money in
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 06:09 PM
Oct 2015

politics, while she expects to TAKE over a billion dollars worth of exactly what she says she opposes.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
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Sat Oct 10, 2015, 07:49 PM
Oct 2015

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HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
19. Wow, what a naive alerter.
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 07:56 PM
Oct 2015

Do they really think Goldman Sachs, Monsanto, and all the rest of Hillarys monster $ donors don't expect favorable consideration in return? Or perhaps they're just alert stalking.

 

HooptieWagon

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22. I'll bet 90% of them are from a small number of posters.
Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:03 PM
Oct 2015

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