Clinton's new $6.4 million loan

This diary will be short, since my only source is a single line of text. Yeah, I know. :(

The Page and Ben Smith are reporting that Clinton gave $6.4 million dollars to her campaign. I'll expand this diary with more info as I get it from either the AP, or other sources.

Lest you forget, here is her debt situation at the end of April.

The $9.3 million figure in the WaPo article does not, I believe, include the original $5 million loan. Now, Clinton is at least $11.4 million in debt to herself, and at least $9.3 million in debt to firms doing work for her campaign.

UPDATE: Alright, since more information seems to be slow in coming, I'm going to provide a bit of analysis.

It is perfectly clear that this loan will not be repaid before the end of the primary race. Sen. Clinton has been doing worse and worse in terms of debt and cash on hand ever since Super Tuesday. Her requests for money have become more and more frequent and urgent ("Go to www.hillaryclinton.com!").

At this point, there is no difference between Sen. Clinton giving herself a loan, and a multi-millionare financing his or her own campaign. Indeed, this is precisely what is happening. Sen. Clinton is simply doing it in such a way that is not attackable.

UPDATE 2: No new info, but the AP confirms, through The Page and Ben Smith.

UPDATE 3: Heh. Apparently you guys hate Drudge. I don't blame you; he's a scumbag, but he gets the goods. I changed the link at the top to more "reputable" sources.

UPDATE 4: Finally, an AP article! Unfortunately, it tells you nothing you already know.

•  Well

  Obviously this isn't much of a diary, but I'll try to write up more material as soon as possible.

  by motbob on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:12:27 AM PDT

  •  keep writing

    There is much, much more to this. Morning Joe just read the AP news alert about the $6.4 million loan.

    by CocoaLove on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:18:24 AM PDT

    •  Candy Crowley at CNN confirms

      HRC made three loans to her campaign in April and May: a $3 million loan, a $1 million loan, and another $400,000 loan. Crowley noted that many Clinton campaign vendors have stilled not been paid.

      Elitist much, self-funded Hillary who does not pay deli owners for services?

      by jhutson on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:53:01 AM PDT

      •  Candy Crowley flunks Math AND Journalism

        That doesn't total 6.4 - its still 5.4 - how can she ask questions?

        by griz4u on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:03:10 AM PDT

        •  Erm

          That totals 4.4 million...

          by noice on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:35:58 AM PDT

          •  Heck - you're right!

            And I flunk Math too!

            by griz4u on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:49:53 AM PDT

    •  I'd call it a 'loan'

      I mean, if I were feeling charitable.

      by DemCurious on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:37:11 AM PDT

  •  This is not good!

    This makes it more unlikely she will get out soon.  In fact, she may play poor me like she did before and get more donations!

    by Lava20 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:18:37 AM PDT

    •  um, no

      People ain't that crazy. No one throws good money to a bad cause. There is only so much spin until you get sick and get off the ferris wheel.

      by CocoaLove on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:21:49 AM PDT

      •  You've never been to mydd...

        And if we were talking about facts, she wouldn't have gotten this far.

        This is a setup for a pity party.  And it may work.

        by Lava20 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:23:30 AM PDT

        •  FOR MORE DETAILS

          head to hillaryclinton.com!!

          by billysumday on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:24:13 AM PDT

          •  Do you need to pay for access there?

            Gotta make up the money somehow.

            by mndan on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:25:21 AM PDT

            •  Maybe they'll segway into DVDs or Pay-per-View

              Get all the titles in this exciting collector's edition!!!!

              The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit

              Bill's Gone Wild

              Star Wars, Part I (Barbara Streisand vs. Sheryl Crow)
              Star Wars, Part II (Jack Nicholson vs. Robert De Niro)
              Star Wars, Part III (Fran Drescher vs. Angelina Jolie)
              Star Wars, Part IV (Rob Reiner vs. Tom Hanks)
              Star Wars, Part V (Jerry Springer vs. Oprah)
              Star Wars, Part VI (Danny DeVito vs. George Clooney)

              by Sharon Jumper on Wed May 07, 2008 at 08:12:29 AM PDT

        •  I hear Hillary will be

          holding a 24 hour vigil at MyDD to muster support. When she starts telling people they can see Bill naked for cash, you know she is desperate.

          by gladkov on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:25:13 AM PDT

          •  Gaaaack! Thanks for the mental image...NOT! n/t

            by seefleur on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:52:59 AM PDT

          •  Well...

            As many websites have found out, you can't charge for something that is so easily seen for free...

            by TexasDemocrat on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:05:46 AM PDT

        •  no, i stopped going

          to MyDD a while back. It's too crazy for me.

          Shoot, the headlines and the narrative in the newspapers today will signal her exit. I don't know how Wolfson and McAuliffe can spin this around.

          by CocoaLove on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:29:19 AM PDT

          •  The Punditocracy Narrative has shifted.

            We have a Nominee

            by jds1978 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:45:31 AM PDT

            •  Took them long enough to catch up to the ppl

              by Shhs on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:51:40 AM PDT

              •  I'll Be DAMNED if Barack Should Pay

                her stupid debt!!!  Why the Hell should we cover the overinflated tabs of Mark Penn and her other brilliant 'experts'???!!!

                by serrano on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:09:48 AM PDT

                •  An illustrative story

                  Clark Gable was out with some friends when they saw him in negotiations with a hooker for her services for the night. One of the friends was astounded: "Your a big movie star!  There are dozens of beautiful women here who'd gladly go home with you tonight!  Why are you paying for sex?"

                  Gable replied: "I'm not paying her the for sex. I'm paying for her to go away afterwards."

                  by Malacandra on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:36:41 AM PDT

                  •  Sorry - too early to properly preview that...q

                    Corrected text:

                    Clark Gable was out with some friends when they saw him in negotiations with a hooker for her services for the night. One of the friends was astounded: "You're a big movie star!  There are dozens of beautiful women here who'd gladly go home with you tonight!  Why are you paying for sex?"

                    Gable replied: "I'm not paying her for the for sex. I'm paying for her to go away afterwards."

                    by Malacandra on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:38:48 AM PDT

          •  Talk Left is the craziest

            Jeralyn has lost her mind over HRC.

            by seesdifferent on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:55:00 AM PDT

          •  They are already spinning

            Indiana as beating expectations because one poll showed she was going to lose...

            WTF?

            by hopeful on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:33:58 AM PDT

      •  Plus, the fact that she can just up

        and pull $5-7 million dollars out of her ass whenever she needs money.

        What happened to that big boost she supposedly got from PA?

        by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:24:02 AM PDT

        •  A lie

          The big money boost included her own loan. She lies every waking moment.

          by gladkov on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:25:59 AM PDT

          •  Personally, I never believed it

            10 million in one day just from PA? It wasn't that plausible of a story in the first place.

            So she's REALLY broke, and she doesn't know how to handle money. When you are in huge debt, you don't create more debt!

            Then there's what she did to the Kentucky Derby.

            She's just not good at predicting odds.

            by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:27:29 AM PDT

            •  I am sooooo with you...

              The minute I saw 10 mil...SHENANIGANS!

              by Lava20 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:29:14 AM PDT

            •  Alexa site traffic

              How come no one's used the Alexa traffic charts to show that she couldn't have raised that much money online? The charts show she had half the traffic to her site after PA as she did right after Super Tuesday. No way she raised that money online after PA.

              by Carrie Ann on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:52:13 AM PDT

              •  nice catch! n/t

                by geejay on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:04:21 AM PDT

              •  That would be too close to doing actual

                investigative political reporting.

                by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:21:01 AM PDT

            •  All will be revealed.

              I'll bet $6.4 mil of the $10 mil came from Hill.

              by Jack Dublin on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:00:41 AM PDT

            •  bbbbbut it takes money to make honey.

              or was that sugar and spice Hill's naughty, not nice?
              or, what goes around, goes around, like a revolving credit account?
              or what comes around gets ignored? like invoices from Iowa creditors?

              by agnostic on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:02:05 AM PDT

        •  she paid for those robocalls

          and gun mailers in Indiana and N.C. That's where the money raised after PA went. Didn't do her much good, though. <heh>

          by CocoaLove on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:27:06 AM PDT

      •  I think the super dee dupers

        will be swayed by the vast money gulf, at this point, plus the results, to end this thing.

        by voila on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:46:55 AM PDT

        •  Let's be brutally honest here...

          She's deadly to the down ticket.  No money, no charisma, no organization, no activists.

          What more do the SuperDelegates need? When are they going to declare?

          by Lava20 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:51:13 AM PDT

          •  sooner, now, gotta be

            ...right...???

            by voila on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:52:00 AM PDT

          •  ps

            just wanted to say - it's been nice, seeing you around; I appreciate your presence here.

            by voila on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:52:30 AM PDT

            •  I give many thanks to Bill O'Reilly...

              If the moron hadn't ranted about how horrible Dailykos was I would have never visited.  I really appreciate him spelling out the web address for me.  I might have ended up at dailycos =)

              And I'm a big fan of yours too!

              =)

              by Lava20 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:02:31 AM PDT

          •  Plus the dynasty meme does play on ppls minds

            It's the elephant in the room.

            by Shhs on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:52:43 AM PDT

          •  Hillary should lend Mark Penn to McCain campaign

            That is the best thing she could do for the Democratic ticket at this point.

            by jhutson on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:55:25 AM PDT

            •  Do you really think

              that he doesn't have ties to McCain.  I would bet money that several people from his firm are heavily embedded in the McCain camp and its simply a matter of time that he'll be spotted lurking in the background.

              by SnowItch on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:00:01 AM PDT

              •  actually JMC chief strategist

                works for a company that Penn's own

                by IamTheJudge on Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:09:38 AM PDT

                •  Damn - Should have made the bet

                  Thanks!

                  by SnowItch on Wed May 07, 2008 at 11:26:24 AM PDT

          •  Any tag line that quotes Salma is OK with me, n/t

            by Rich Santoro on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:58:39 AM PDT

      •  Even Lanny Davis is stumped. n/t

        by seesdifferent on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:54:07 AM PDT

    •  There Millionaires for God's Sake

      why would anyone give them hard earned $'s so that Bill can pay back the collectors that are going to come after him to get money back because they didn't buy influence with their rediculous fees for hearing him speak (you don't think they were actually paying him those outrageous fees for speaking do you?)

      by SnowItch on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:57:00 AM PDT

      •  Correction - They're Millionairs for God's Sake

        by SnowItch on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:01:56 AM PDT

  •  Drudge also says that

    she's going to loan herself more money

    She gave $6.4M in the past month and will be giving more... Developing...

    by Kitty on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:19:22 AM PDT

    •  throwing more money after a lost cause

      by slinkerwink on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:20:16 AM PDT

      •  Mitt Romney did this

        I wonder if she'll get to the $40 million mark. . .

        by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:24:30 AM PDT

        •  I bet she will/has. n/t

          by Shhs on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:53:09 AM PDT

        •  Mittens didn't "loan" himself money

          He gave his campaign $40m.  He didn't expect donors to reimburse him.

          by aisling on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:20:00 AM PDT

          •  Good point, so she's actually WORSE than the

            Republicans on this one. . .

            by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:21:35 AM PDT

    •  Now we know why Bill's face was so red last night

      Sorry, but no sympathy from me.

      by Sharon Jumper on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:21:37 AM PDT

      •  As if to say, "Let's call it a DAY, Hill!"

        By now, Bill is probably thinking this Clinton campaign is just a waste of money.

        by sunbro on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:50:52 AM PDT

        •  Maybe Bill has to give Rebates

          to all of those people who gave him rediculous speaking fees thinking they were buying influence with the next administration...

          by SnowItch on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:03:31 AM PDT

        •  Will anyone pay Bill $400,000 a speech

          once it's apparent that his wife isn't going to be president after all?

          I'm thinking, no. Hence, the tears.

          by elmo on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:07:26 AM PDT

          •  He also won't be able to get Air Force One back

            Sigh...There's always Ron Burkle's "very special" plane

            by Sharon Jumper on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:58:25 AM PDT

    •  Wolfson on MSNBC says she'll give more money

      She's fully invested in this campaign...will give campaign whatever resources it needs to continue...

      by Sharon Jumper on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:33:08 AM PDT

      •  Wow.. there they are...

        Screaming "Top o' the world, Ma!" as the fire grows...

        by phillyPete on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:40:10 AM PDT

      •  Perhaps I missed the logic

        of her strategy here but dear god could someone explain why you would throw more money into this sinking ship. They were blown out in NC last night and barely squeaked through in IN.

        With even Jerome Armstrong--her greatest cheerleader saying it is over, the same geniuses who decided to not even compete in the caucus states, decide to sink more money into the Titanic.

        This is the kind of reasoning that has lead to her current situation. Pride trumps logic with these guys.

        by smartdemmg on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:45:57 AM PDT

        •  Post rational -Rachel Maddow

          That's all that one can say about HRC.  HRC is running the post rational campaign.

          by Shhs on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:53:57 AM PDT

          •  It's a first past the post-rational race.

            Obama will be first past the post.

            Hillary is already first past the post-rational.

            by jhutson on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:57:24 AM PDT

            •  lmao n/t

              by Shhs on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:58:54 AM PDT

    •  There is a lot of chat that Obama will

      pay her past debts as part of the exit deal. I don't like it but fine. I do object to her new loans and Obama paying for that.

      by karpaty lviv on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:33:27 AM PDT

      •  Huh?

        I doubt that is legal...wouldn't Obama be limited to the same campaign donation limits everyone else is?

        Matt

        by Cixelsyd on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:37:58 AM PDT

        •  Obama could co-host a Unity Gala w/ HRC/WJC

          They could have it at Streisand's mansion, and the proceeds could go to retire HRC's campaign debt.  It would be a small price to pay for ending this political equivalent of "Groundhog Day."

          I note, BTW, that Rachel Maddow was the only one on MSNBC last night who forecast this development.  Tweety, KO, Buchanan, Gregory, and Robinson all dismissed the idea that HRC would soldier on.  She obviously understood the psychology here better than the other panelists did.  

          by RFK Lives on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:49:27 AM PDT

          •  I know I love Rachel

            I so have a girl crush on her.  Who knew?

            by fraggle1 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:15:21 AM PDT

      •  This is BS floated by the media. They

        point to McCain asking contributers to pay Rudy's debts, but he didn't ask the same for Mitt Romney who like the Clinton's self-financed his campaign. So this is total BS.

        by DWKING on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:44:43 AM PDT

      •  let the DNC

         do it to get her out or maybe Norman Hsu can do it from jail...OR she can chalk it up to stupidity..They are hiding more of the Bill clinton take from the Saudi's  and she has under reported $24 million in income this year!

        by docb on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:34:39 AM PDT

    •  guess Im going to have to start reading Drudge nt

      by TrueBlueMajority on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:21:58 AM PDT

  •  Improtant to start diaries on breaking news

    I'm going to be the optimist and predict the following:

    1. She knows she has lost and she also knows Obama cannot lose to a ghost next week and on the 20th in Kentucky.

    2. She's going to personally insure every last bill her campaign has incurred is paid.

    3. She will drop out after Oregon puts Obama over the top on May 20th, then endorse.

    4. Obama will help Hillary retire the debt her campaign has incurred to Hillary herself.

    - Albert Einstein

    by Walt starr on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:20:08 AM PDT

  •  MSM is confirming the new $6.4 million story

    This is important because, in all likelihood, any deal with Hillary going forward will include Obama helping her retire her campaign debt.

    The Clinton's took in $109 million last year. It seems fair to me that the party and Team Obama help her dig herself out of part of this debt, but the loans to herself? Shouldn't those go the way of Romney?

    by Melody Townsel on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:20:10 AM PDT

    •  Lets see..

      .. um, no.

      This is the fun part?

      Can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen?

      Why the hell should Barack be maganimous to the person who stayed in the race far longer than she should by paying off the debts she incurred to do so?

      The idea is ludicrous.

      by Craziel on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:24:55 AM PDT

      •  oops!

        I misunderstood your post.  I think we agree :D

        I just have an easy anger switch this morning.

        by Craziel on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:25:33 AM PDT

      •  Well, she would certainly help Obama

        if he was in debt.

        Right?

        Ha, Ha, Ha. I am not sure how this process of Obama helping HRC with her debt really works. I agree, I contributed to Obama, not Hillary, and especially not Mark Penn.

        If she and Bill are only worth $100 million and not $109 million, I have little sympathy.

        by mndan on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:28:43 AM PDT

        •  It's the done thing.

          Like it or not, the party WILL help Hillary retire her debt -- and Obama will play some role in that process.

          by Melody Townsel on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:42:40 AM PDT

          •  I've never before hoped so much

            that you were wrong, Melody.  

            I would be more inclined to think the Clinton's are much more worried about her Senate career, and his legacy, than they are about cash.

            Bill can make that debt back in a year of speaking engagements.

            Anyway, nobody's offering me cash for speaking engagements to replace the hundreds of dollars I've given to Obama.

            by AlyoshaKaramazov on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:17:28 AM PDT

      •  thank you.

        ludicrous.  Exactly.

        I'll add, insulting to Obama's supporters, some of which gave money to him, that they couldn't afford to give.

        Only to see it given to fucking Mark Penn?

        by AlyoshaKaramazov on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:14:24 AM PDT

    •  No, I don't want the money I sent Obama to go

      to paying off Clinton's debt.

      It was irresponsible to spend what she didn't have.

      by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:25:05 AM PDT

      •  It might go to Penn...

        scary!

        by Lava20 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:27:49 AM PDT

      •  Agreed!

        If Hillary gets her 11 mil back from donors to Obama it would be a tragedy

        by Matin08701 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:46:10 AM PDT

      •  If I wanted her to have it...

        ...I would have donated it to her in the first place!

        by Spunkmeyer on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:48:18 AM PDT

      •  rewarding irresponsibility.............

        it's the D.C. way.

        by AlyoshaKaramazov on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:18:06 AM PDT

    •  There is a Clinton spin to this...

      This is never going to end.  What new metrics can we expect now?

      by Lava20 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:25:38 AM PDT

      •  Easy

        It's all about West Virginia. If she can win there, that's all that matters. And then it will be all about Kentucky...then Puerto Rico..

        Meanwhile she can plot to get the MI and FL people so angry that they storm out of the convention, endangering 2 important swing states..

        by gladkov on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:29:56 AM PDT

    •  paying off her debt

      What I really hate about candidates loaning money to their campaign is that now campaign contributions literally go directly into the candidate's personal funds.  Self-funding campaigns ought to be a one-way transaction.

      by CA Pol Junkie on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:27:48 AM PDT

    •  She and Romney

      can do a comedy act and go on tour to recoop the losses...She can drink the water, he can be the dummy..

      by gladkov on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:27:50 AM PDT

      •  Then they can go hunting together n/t

        by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:28:23 AM PDT

    •  How does this affect her General COH?

      She DOES have some COH, but she can't use it in the Primary...

      Can her General funds pay her primary loans when she officially concedes/withdraws/loses? (If she does.. )

      by Losty on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:58:30 AM PDT

    •  Because Obama is decent?

      What other excuse do you need? When your opponent is down and bleeding, you don't keep pummeling him/her - the right thing to do would be to help staunch the bleeding.

      At the end of the day, we are all Democrats, regardless of how badly HRC had behaved.

      by akogun on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:02:16 AM PDT

  •  Don't mind the diary but

    .must you quote Drudge, he is so slimy and all...

    by gladkov on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:23:40 AM PDT

    •  Drudge had been good, very good

      this primary season. How many Wright stories you saw there? 1,2,3? Compare it to other mass media.

      by karpaty lviv on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:36:16 AM PDT

      •  I agree

        Drudge's choice of stories to hype have been decidedly pro-Obama for a long time now.

        by internationaljock on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:00:04 AM PDT

        •  He pretty much ignored Wright

          How about that for a story?

          by karpaty lviv on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:04:06 AM PDT

  •  Rec'd now that you got rid of the Drudge...

    
    linky.

    He may get the goods, but I can't bring myself to rec him.

    :-)

    "Help!!! I'm being Enlightened!" - TCFKNCS's avatar

    I always wanted to quote an avatar.

    by RhymesWithUrple on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:46:34 AM PDT

  •  You are mistaken.

    The information you link to is at the end of March. April is due out for another couple weeks.

    by Nick Blas on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:48:59 AM PDT

  •  Interesting point in the Politico comments:

    She's loaned herself more in the last month than Barack and Michelle Obama made in the last 7 years. Amazing that people believe her bs about "working for the little guy".

    That is a VERY good point!

    by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:53:18 AM PDT

  •  Just wondering if this is a tax dodge

    for a non-profit campaign?

    by Ptown boy in NC on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:54:13 AM PDT

    •  Campaign contributions are not tax deductible.

      by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:03:55 AM PDT

      •  Oops! Should have added

        <snark> to the post. :)

        by Ptown boy in NC on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:06:29 AM PDT

  •  why is this surprising?

    the working class supports Hillary.
    The wealthy support Obama.

    by katz5 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:06:02 AM PDT

    •  Which of course explains

      the fact that a much larger percentage of his donations come from small donors, right?

      Duh.

      by John in Chicago on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:11:57 PM PDT

•  A comment

  ...not a diary.  You should delete it until you have something to write about.

  by BarbinMD on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:13:00 AM PDT

  •  dont' delete. he'll add in more info as he gets

    it.

    by slinkerwink on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:13:56 AM PDT

    •  He should have information

      ...before he posts.

      by BarbinMD on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:18:06 AM PDT

      •  bloggers are posting more information below..

        DON'T DELETE.

        by Lava20 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:19:30 AM PDT

      •  yes but

        there's ALWAYS more information to get. I don't think he should delete. He brought news to me.

        by New Sweden on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:20:51 AM PDT

      •  Ahh for breaking news stories

        I thought posting whats know right away and then updating is fine form.   Many news organizations do the same....

        by Mikecan1978 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:24:51 AM PDT

    •  msnbc just reported a Clinton campaign

      aide confirmed the loan.

      by ksh01 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:18:28 AM PDT

      •  Heh. I guess that turned out to be Wolfson

        10 minutes later on the tube with mika and joe.  hmmm.

        by ksh01 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:59:59 AM PDT

  •  This is an important story...

    don't delete it.

    by RationalMan on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:16:00 AM PDT

•  so she's $20 mil in debt?

  omfg.

  by slinkerwink on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:13:29 AM PDT

  •  And they expect US to pay it off!

    Talk about audacity. I could see if it was 2 or 3 million, but 20? No way in hell.

    by Muzikal203 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:26:02 AM PDT

•  Yes, just like Joe Sixpack would do

  I can see why she does so well in that demographic . . .

  by Roadbed Guy on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:13:47 AM PDT

  •  $6.4M will buy

    a lot of shots of Crown Royal.

    by Hprof on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:20:40 AM PDT

    •  That's just the bump.

      What about the beer?

      by Melody Townsel on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:21:58 AM PDT

      •  Based on . . ..

        I've got a job waiting for my graduation
        Fifty thou a year -- buys a lot of beer

        $6,400,000 oughta do rather nicely . ..

        by Roadbed Guy on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:23:47 AM PDT

        •  Yep. You might say, Hills' future's so bright...

          ...she's gotta wear shades. :-)

          by Melody Townsel on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:41:30 AM PDT

    •  And around 2% points...

      of Indiana Dem voters (with a good measure of GOP voters suppliled by the OxyContin'd one.)

      by mayan on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:22:34 AM PDT

  •  I raised money lots of it

    Bill gave a million, Chelsea gave a million, Brother Bob gave a million. See all of these small donors that we have

    by jkb246 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:23:05 AM PDT

•  She loves to feed the beast.

  by Hope08 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:14:02 AM PDT

•  but but but

  She raised $10 million in a single day after the Pa  primary...

  by Friar on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:14:50 AM PDT

  •  and it says she'll be giving more to her campaign

    by slinkerwink on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:15:32 AM PDT