Hillary’s Fundraising Rebound
February 29th, 2008 at 01:45am Mark Noonan
Perhaps she’s not as finished as some people think:
WASHINGTON - More than doubling her January fundraising total, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s advisers said Thursday that she will raise $35 million in February, a figure rival Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign said it would surpass.
The $35 million would be Clinton’s biggest fundraising mark yet and represents a remarkable recovery for her campaign. Obama raised more than she did last month, $36 million to $14 million, and she was forced to lend her campaign $5 million.
“It was incredibly gratifying to see people come forth with this vote of confidence in me,” Clinton told reporters in Hanging Rock, Ohio. “Obviously this is a tremendous benefit to my campaign.”
Obama’s campaign, reacting promptly to her campaign announcement, promised an even higher number but divulged no totals.
Raise and spend, raise and spend, Democrats - just that much less for you in the fall, which is fine by me.
As for the practical aspects of this - money doesn’t mean victory, but clearly Hillary still has some reservoirs of support out there; whether it will be enough for her to rebound in the votes is something we’ll have to see.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Democrats
14 Comments
1. congressive | February 29th, 2008 at 2:03 am
Hey, now that Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and even Bill Cunningham are backing Hillary, no wonder the billionaire money is beginning to flow…
Bwa ha ha!
2. Nietzsche-Is-Pietzsche | February 29th, 2008 at 2:33 am
congressive-
Yea they decided to back her when they found out her middle name was Diane……
Mwha hahahahahahah!!!
3. Freedom1 | February 29th, 2008 at 2:52 am
It’s a lot of fun watching liberals turn on Hillary Clinton. Bwahaha!
4. Barack Obama » Hill&hellip | February 29th, 2008 at 3:01 am
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5. Brian G. | February 29th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Scratch that. She’s finished.
6. Retired Spook | February 29th, 2008 at 9:24 am
OTOH, it does make it somewhat difficult for either Hillary or Barack to deride the economy when they are raking in ten’s of millions of dollars.
7. Rana Quijotesca | February 29th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I seem to have read somewhere that John McCain may run out of money for his general election fund…
I guess that it’s fitting that you hope the same for the Democrats…
8. Darva Conger | February 29th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I think it is very funny how clearly the Conservatives want to keep HRC in the race although they hate every molecule in her body.
She’s done next Tuesday.
9. NeoClown | February 29th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I just sent Hillary another $100.00.
Madam President has a nice ring to it.
10. Kahn | February 29th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Wait a second. These are Arkansas Militia dollars!
11. phnx | February 29th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Darva,
We want Hillary and Obama battling all the way to Denver. That way they burn up more of the cash and have less for the main event. And the longer this goes on, the more polarized the opposing camps become, the more likely that the losers will sit out the election, diminshing the pool of leftist voters.
12. Darva Conger | March 1st, 2008 at 1:39 am
phnx:
What a shame. HRC is done next Tuesday, she’ll drop out after PA and Obama has cash that McCain could only dream of.
No Dem will sit this out, the thought of a third Bush term under McCain will make sure they vote in November.
13. FmrMarine | March 1st, 2008 at 9:49 am
DC
>>>>>>No Dem will sit this out, the thought of a third Bush term under McCain will make sure they vote in November.<<<<
So you mean the dems want a THIRD term of BL@W job willy in stead?
Not much of a choice either way.
14. Darva Conger | March 1st, 2008 at 9:57 am
FmrMarine:
You guys aren’t getting a third Clinton term to run against, perhaps you’ve not heard?