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Hillary Has Large Cash-On-Hand Advantage Over Rivals
Here's a quick tally of the cash on hand some of the Dem Presidential candidates have as they enter the first lap of Campaign 2008:
* Hillary Clinton: $11 million
* Chris Dodd: $5 million
* Joe Biden: $3 million
* Barack Obama: $500,000
Hillary's advantage is due to the fact that her cash on hand was carried over from the account she used for her Senate reelection campaign, which raised (and spent) enormous sums. The first report on what her Presidential campaign has raised is due out on March 31. Meanwhile, we're looking for a number on what John Edwards has on hand and will share it when we have it.
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I believe that John Edwards filed his FEC paperwork in early January, not in late 2006. The filing deadline just passed was for the period ending Dec 31, so Edwards probably won't report anything this period. We'll have to wait until the reports for the period ending March 31 (due April 30, I think) to have numbers from all the campaigns.
February 2, 2007 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know she made a good-sized donation to the party, but geez, how many more Senators and Representatives could the Dems have elected if Hillary had raised more money for other candidates, instead of her own sure-thing race?
How many millions did she raise and spend on her extremely safe seat, just to impress absolutely no one by trying to run up a big margin of victory (although not as big as Eliot Spitzer's) against a GOP nobody? Not to mention how much money she kept in the bank for her presidential campaign.
What a waste.
February 2, 2007 2:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Clinton Setting a $1 Million Goal for Donors,"
New York Times
February 2, 2007
February 2, 2007 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink