For Clinton, Millions in Campaign Debt and Limited Options - NYTimes.com
Mrs. Clinton’s options for retiring her debt are limited. On the positive side, she has raised about $1 million online and by mail since polls closed in Montana and South Dakota last Tuesday to end the primary season, her campaign said. The continued flow of donations, even after Senator Barack Obama had crossed the threshold of delegates he needed to claim the nomination, may indicate that some of Mrs. Clinton’s supporters may be devoted enough to pitch in to help with her debt.
Otherwise, the most discussed option is for Mr. Obama, now the presumed nominee, to encourage his fund-raising team to help her with a series of joint events.
Campaign finance laws prohibit Mr. Obama from simply transferring money from his war chest to Mrs. Clinton’s campaign. But Mr. Obama’s fund-raisers could ask their donors to give to Mrs. Clinton.
I’ll bet it’s a “discussed” option - among Ms. Clinton’s money people, at least.
I’m not sure why Obama should bail her out - unless she has some really juicy dirt to wave over his head. But she wouldn’t stoop to something that nasty.
Would she?
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I assume it’s thought to show an effort by BHO to “play nice” with ‘former’ HRC supporters. In a closer race, that might matter. However, I get the feeling that HRC supporters are probably the more strident, politically educated, news oriented members of the party, and I don’t see a ton of them jumping ship for J?M.
What is his middle initial, anyway? Don’t say SH, please. I know some of you want to.
According to Wikipedia,
it’s S (for Sidney).
S, Sidney
Yes Sidney is part of his name, his whole name is John ‘Sidney Howard Ignesio Truman’ McCain.
Ignesio?
Mm, that’s Polish, isn’t it?