Obama Asks Donors To Help Hillary Pay Off Her Debts
The Obama campaign is offering a major olive branch to Hillary Clinton and her supporters. On a conference call with his top fundraisers, Obama asked them to help raise money to retire Clinton's $10 million in debts to vendors -- bills that were racked up in the long primary campaign that in many cases involved attacks against himself.
There are multiple reasons why Obama would want to do this. By helping Clinton pay off her outstanding bills, he ingratiates himself with many of her top donors -- giving them a new incentive to raise money on his behalf. And the overall message of Democratic unity this projects will make Hillary's voters feel that much more welcome in his campaign.
One point of clarification: The Obama camp's help extends only to the vendor debts, but not the more than $10 million in personal debt from Hillary's own self-financing loans. Clinton herself has told her own donors that while she needs help paying off vendors, she is not asking for help paying off the money the campaign owes her personally.
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