February 8, 2008

  • When I first heard that Hillary Clinton had loaned $5M to her campaign back in January, one of my first thoughts was that it was a publicity stunt designed to encourage her supporters to donate more money. It appears that view may have some merit. It was also reported that some Clinton staff members might be going without pay for some period of time. It turns out that period turned out to be less than one day, as it was revealed that the Clinton campaign had raised $7.5 million online in the first week of February, $6.4 million of it in the 30 hours following reports of the $5M loan, and the staff would not be going without pay after all.