Comments on: Clinton's $20M Debt Could Cause Headaches

Campaign Unsure How The N.Y. Senator Will Handle $20 Million In Loans, But Obama May Help

[boatdocster]

HRC stays in luxary hotels, spent her money foolishly and could not get donations because of how poorly she ran her campaing and how much of a 2 face liar she is.

Her and Bill have made a 110 million, probably 60 million after taxes.

She wanted to play in the big rink and had her buttt handed to her.

If she really wants to a true supporter of the blue collar crowd (as she claims), she should pay off her debt out of her own money. To do a good deed for the blue collar worker.

I can see NO reason why Obama or his supporters should pay HRC one dime. Her attitutde about the whole process is also an excellent reason about why she is NOT VP or cabinet material - she needs to pay her bill, pack her bag and go home.

[dotindixie]

Oh, and another thing. I don''t think for a minute she would consider the VP slot.

[dotindixie]

Lord, Can''t any of you imagine she might be willing to spend her own money (she has plenty) for HER COUNTRY, not herself?

If I thought I could pay Obama enough to go away, I''d give him everything I have.

I really despise his name-calling groupies.

D### Wright

[repdemapart]

These pundits and commentators forgot the Billary is worth $110M. $20M in debt is a cake walk. WAKE UP PUNDITS!

[notopennshut]

I wonder why anyone would want to help her "retire" her campaign debts! Why would we, the small everyday person, who works hard and trying to live, would have to donate money for the Billaries who have earned hundreds of millions over the last years. Have we heard anything more foolish than this?? I hope that they would be respectable and responsible people and NOT ASK anyone to help them out of this self-inflicted debt. They went into it with open eyes and wanting to win at any cost - this is a price you need and must pay and not lay the burden on any of us hard working folks, black, white, yellow or green. Whatever color or creed, we, who earn 100k or less per year should not be burdened any further. This is what is wrong with politicians. All they want is to take and take again, even when they are a thousand times better than us everyday people.

[ramos937]

Hill, whether she wins or loses, and Bill are more than able to handle this $20M debt and more. If she loses, she can promise to write a book about campaigning or something like that and use the book advance to pay off the debt. If she wins, Bill can do the book. No worries.

[docpeter-2009]

From the story, "But if Clinton wants to pay herself back for the millions she has poured into her historic campaign, donors willing to help her would have to act quickly."

Geez! Sounds more to me like she shouldn''t have invested so much in herself. Especially knowing/seeing that she was losing (almost said a loser:-))

[dchu76]

As an Obama supporter, i would be open to paying off her campaign debt minus the personal loan and mark penn. That mean i wont mind if Obama offers to raise 6-8 million for her. Clinton supports can payoff Mark penn and her 11$ mil personal loan.

[shoebox119]

As Kenny Rogers used to croon, "Know when to hold ''em... know when to fold ''em..."

In other words, Hillary, the fat lady''s been singing since the Texas primary but you haven''t been listening. It''s time to get out... now. Remember, the Clintons don''t always have to win and in this case, it''s no longer a matter of "if" but "when."

[frankky18]

I will not donate a single dime for her She''s a rich, lying,story telling, stubborn, conning loser.

[craigh9]

The media can''t let go any easier than Hillary can - tonight means absolutely nothing for 2 reasons, the number of delegates is very small and it was well known that after Indiana the best Hillary could hope for was to break even over the remaining 6 contests.
If she wins tonight with 100% of the vote - NOTHING CHANGES _ IT"S OVER FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[samthetvcat]

The Clintons are rich, really really rich.
After taxes and donations haven''t they''ve netted around $60mil the last 10 years? And Bubba''s rent and office expenses are paid for as part of his pension plan, their chauffeurs/car/gas expenses are also covered, apparently secret service pays them something like $10k a month to rent out their NY guest house, and they''re both workaholics who probably don''t have a lot of time to spare spending $. Add to that the fact that their only child is grown and works for a hedge fund, and they maybe have $40mil to $50mil in the bank with the capacity to earn more money very fast through books and speeches.

Chelsea''s not materialistic, and how much would you really want to leave your kid anyway? Probably not more than $10mil after taxes (?) I would guess that they haven''t spent any money they weren''t willing to see gone forever.

That being said, I wouldn''t put it past the Clintons to use the debt issue as a thorn in Barack''s side that''s going to drain his time, energy and resources as he wants to focus on the general. Just because . . .

[no_billary]

The Clintons can just sell racist curious george tshirts to raise the money like there buddies @ Mulligan''s in GA:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/13/mulligans_0514.html


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[dchu76]

WASHINGTON: Senator Barack Obama is acting as if he already has won the Democratic presidential nomination, but Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is poised, ironically, to score two of her most lopsided primary victories and possibly enhance her political clout.
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Posted by mike71067 at 01:43 PM : May 13, 2008

When Clinton wins tonight by even 40% she will only gain 10 delagates more than obama. Then consider Obama ganied 15 delagates in NC with his win.

[justspiffy]

Maybe not Warren Buffet is for Hillary.
She probably won''t have money worries. :)

[craigh9]

I''m from NY and the democratic machine runs everything political in that state.
Hillary wasn''t born there, rasied there, educated there, or ever lived there but she is the Senator because thats what the machine wanted - they could get Goofy elected if they wanted to - OOPS! they already did!!!!!!!

[mike71067]

I pray that the people of NY stop and ''THINK HARD'' before they ''automatically'' vote for HRC in light of the ''mean and nasty campaign'' she conducted during this presidential bid which, in effect, has shown the clintons LACK OF TOTAL CONCERN FOR SPLITTING THE DEM PARTY AND HURTING SEGMENTS OF THE PUBLIC, THEIR ABILITY TO LIE OVER INCONSEQUENTIAL EVENTS..."
-Posted by ObamasLady at 01:46 PM : May 13, 2008

If it weren''t for the "mean and nasty campaign", as you put it, we Americans would never have discovered Rev. Wright, the racist bigot, Bill Ayers, etc., until it was too late.

Thank God for Hillary. The Republicans are too afraid to expopse Obama''s weaknesses, so somebody''s got to do it.

[mike71067]

"mike... good for you... keep holding onto your pipedream!!!"
-Posted by SHAWNP1968 at 01:45 PM : May 13, 2008

It''s not me, it''s the political observers at The Hill.

[mike71067]

And, perhaps more important, a massive margin of victory could bolster Clinton%u2019s central argument to the superdelegates who will ultimately decide the nomination. Her campaign contends that Obama has serious problems with the blue-collar and elderly whites who dominate West Virginia%u2019s voter rolls %u2014 and who Team Clinton asserts will be key in a number of states if Democrats are to defeat presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.

[shawnp1968]

It''s not snipers that she is running from... it''s bill collectors!!!