Rendell Explains Why Clinton Needs Obama to Help Her With Campaign Debt

I would earmark $5 to her debt if Obama has a checkbox for it but I would not appreciate an email on her behalf.

If she had gotten out sooner when it was apparent she couldn’t/wouldn’t win, she wouldn’t have such a huge debt now. Obama and the DNC need to raise money for the general and the convention. Clinton’s debt should be put on the back burner behind those 2 necessary events.

I would eat the $10 million and tell him where to go.

Mrs. Clinton didn’t think Mr. Obama was electable for much of the campaign. She apparently “got her mind right” after it became clear the left wing of the party had captured the nomination. It’s been a very disappointing primary season and I don’t think I will send additional money when federal funds are/were available.

“All of my $ contributions now go to McCain or Nader.”
…And they accused the Obama supporters of not knowing what their candidate stood for…

She really won he had a two a state lead a mole in her camp lying cheating party behind him and all the media he could stand.He out spent her four to one and if you think his money came from small donations go add up what he got from the fat cats. And what he paid for the sleaz super delegates.

I was prepared to send a donation to Hillary Clinton to help her retire her debut, but frankly she didn’t earn it. The week between when Obama clinched the nomination and when Clinton finally conceded on Saturday was just surreal. Watching her campaign manager introduce her as the next President of the United States just an hour before Obama’s victory speech was jaw dropping. What should have been a week to reflect on the primary season and on Obama’s historic victory was instead spent contemplating the state of mind of the Clintons.
Of about 20 million in debt, Clinton owes more than half the money to herself, and a full quarter to a pollster who worked on her campaign. The money Clinton put in was what allowed her to continue her campaign even after it was mathematically impossible to win. I am not interested in rewarding her for that decision. I am not interested in helping her pay off her pollster. I feel bad for those who extended credit to the Clinton campaign. But, on sum, I don’t think I could give anything unless I really knew how my contribution was going to be spent.

Hillary and Obama supporters still can’t decide who they dislike more, McCain, or each other.

buford…
couldnt have said it any better.. but thats just liberal thinking in general. lots of hate, and always a villain..

and are we REALLY feeling sorry for mrs. clinton having a debt??!! seriously?! first off, maybe now she’ll actually feel what its like to be one of the millions of americans who are in debt(whether voluntary or involuntary). though i doubt she’s going to have to worry about making her mortgage or her car payment. and secondly, she’ll have it paid off from the democrats in the long run anyways. where do you think bill gets his million dollar speech paychecks from??

I don’t get it. I watched the entire political season with humor as them two (Obama and Clinton) fought for the nomination. You Dems crack me up . Obama, no experience, crooked as any other politician, vs. Clinton, the self-proclaimed entitlement queen who is probably seething that some no-body black man came from nowhere and beat her. Hilarious! Now the loser wants the winner to pay her debt when she was too egotistical to quit sooner? Whatever! In plotics, just as in life, you have winners and you have losers. Suck it up queen Clinton, pay your own debt! Why do people insist on kissing their butts? Politicians only have enough power that’s given to them. Bilary is no body special, has never been, and her crying followers still can’t see the light. Obama for Pres? OMG!! McCain is no better, but atleast he isn’t a socialist who’s going to take my 6 figure income and give it to some lazy bum who earns less. We are screwed either way. Oh well!

Mary,
the current percentage is 45, compared to 24 for McCain. Only Nader has a larger percentage of small donors.(Source: Center for Responsive Politics)

McCain insists there is no value in examining how we got in the Iraq mess. He casually sings bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
We can’t afford another idiot in chief starting a military escapade we cannot afford. We have too many problems to tackle on the homefront.
I’m also disillusioned with McCain’s abandonment of his so called ethical ‘maverick’ stands.
I’m not clear why I would send $50 to the Clinton coffers … supported Obama from the beginning and he’s the one I want elected.

The problem with a democracy or the semblence thereof that we’re functioning in is that we have to suffer fools. Any so-called Democrat who intends to vote for McCain because poor liddle princess Hilliary lost is definitely a FOOL!!
And actually so is the poor liddle princess Hilliary . . . she dug her hole by continuing to run up debt when there was no hope of her winning the nomination so let her pay it off . . .

Hey El Pajaro, with the ornithology background.
Yes, us Hillary supporters know exactly where the candidates stand…except for Obama. Does anybody know what he stands for? Not even his supporters interviewed on TV could say anything other than: change, yes we can. And if you had any polisci under your belt you would know exactly why one of us would contribute/support McCain or contribute to Nader instead and never to your man who is on Earth through (dwarf) divine intervention and flaunts own presidential seal.
And for all the ad nauseam repeat of “you are not a true democrat if you vote for McCain”….right…..it is much better to be truly democratic than to be a true Democrat.

susan2,
it is interesting you mentioned there is hard feeling on both sides not good for either, but you went on to harp about how bad the clintons’ are.
so where is the balance in your comments about hard feelings on both sides,not good for either, and obama is?

The best thing I know about Obama is this: he LISTENS to the people. He’s in OUR camp at all costs. I’m so glad he acknowledge that us little guys can’t afford to help millionaires raise money while she’s got a back door to sinking our ship. No Okey-dokey’s!
Let those that can afford Clinton pay off her debt. We can’t and we’re saving our money to make sure we CAN help when the money is guaranteed to go to the good cause — the GE.
Obama 08!

susan2,
i don’t think your comments are balanced, that is why i commented,
you started off making one point and fell short of completing it.
if there is hard feeling on both sides, and it is not good for either,
you said you thought bill clinton was a bigger man than that,
but obama gets a pass, although hard feelings from his side is not good either.

tim,
I agree with you when you said: “first off, maybe now she’ll actually feel what its like to be one of the millions of americans who are in debt(whether voluntary or involuntary).”
Experience is a good teacher, yes? Clinton tried, but her experience is from the elite side. Obama’s experience is from the ordinary person’s side. Some call it street smarts. I call it wisdom.
Obama 08!

Jake, why do you have to make an issue out of a non-issue. I’m one of those small donors and Obama is right. I CANNOT afford to give any money to Clinton. I want Obama to win and I will be donating what I can afford to make sure he wins in November. Maybe you find this bizarre but the majority of Americans are counting their pennies these days.

How hard would it be to send an email to his donors to ask for donations to help her with her bills or to add a checkbox for a donation to retire her debts? Guess it’s too much for his staff to do. He needs to honor his DNC pledge to keep the campaign fair and equitable and not be influenced by money, which in many cases he outspent his opponents by 400%. This would be one small step to unify the DNC party.

WestCoast, Rendell doesn’t strike me as someone who wants to be second. I don’t think he wants to be VP. And at this point it has nothing to do with Hillary and everything to do with the dems winning.

All you Hillary haters so afraid she is going to get some of your money. It is my understanding that the campaigns can not give to the other directly. They have to ask their donors to contribute directly to the other. If you don’t want to give to help her out, just say no and move on. You’re going to have ulcers before the convention. Hillary supporters, give a few dollars and help her keep from suffering through this.

Hillary Clinton did this to herself. She was power hungry and was financially irresponsible as a result. Let her retire her own debt. It’s not Bill and Hill are living in the poor house.

Hillary needs Obama’s donors and Obama needs hers for the simple reason that they have “maxed out”(given the maximum contributions allowed by law) to their own candidate but can now do the same for the other ($2,300 for primary season and $2,300 for the general). According to May fund-raising numbers, Obama is flush for the primary season, which is still going on, but only had $10 million on hand for the general. He needs Hillary’s big givers and bundlers (especially since he’s foregoing public campaign financing)– and his big givers and bundlers can help retire her debt. No great mystery. And Obama’s probably right: His small givers probably can’t help much.

Shame on Sen. Clinton’s supporters, who get emotional kicks by making a show of support to her, probably shedding a tear or two, for the media or trying to cut an impression in the blogs. Why the so-called 18 million supporters of her, or even a significant percentage of them, contribute a few dollars to her campaign to help her retire her campaign debt? If they are so much driven by the causes, that Sen. Clinton fights for everyday, and is passionate about, and that is why she took so many hits and insults from the Obama campaign and members of the DNC, her supporters should now help save her from this ignominy. Why does Sen. Clinton need Obama to help her with her debt? Shame on the so-called supporters of Sen. Clinton!

Can’t figure this one OUT,
When you can loan yourself 11 million dollars, why do you need someone to bail you out.
Anyone got 11 million to give me, to bail me out of debt.
or maybe 11 thousand,
or maybe 11 hundred,
Hell 110 dollars would even help.
I will setup a website for all donors..
Please respond…
YES WE CAN

Sour Hillary Supporters, especially those who will vote for McCain!
“Quit your snibbling”, as my Army Commanding officer use to say.
Staying on this site all day and night whining and complaining is not helping Hillary retire her debt.
It just make you look stupid and weak.
Why don’t you all get together and encourage the rest of the 18 million supporters to stand by her with your money, not just your mouth.
Expecting Obama’s small donors, who are barely making it, struggling with high jacked oil prices due in part to that EnronLoophole, to take what is meant to get them through these hard times, and give it to Hillary is unconscionable. These people gave to Obama because they believe in him, believe in him enough to make sacrifices.
If you still sour, fake “I’m voting for McCain” Hillary supporters really BELIEVED in Hillary, her campaign debt would be retired by now.
Pay up or Shut Up!

Charlie35,
How about getting together with your neighborhood friends and having a huge garage sale to help Hill get the creditors off her back?
That can help put your anger to a good cause for Hillary’s sake.

She was $5 Million in dept, then $10 Mil, then Then $20 Mul and she kept spending.
Reminds me of people who go to Best Buy and run up credit cards for big screen TV’s just before they go bankrupt.
People forget how much Obama had to spend to keep fighting even after there was no way to win.
I bet she cost Democratic Donars an EXTRA $100 million with here failed campaign.

This man has a general election to raise funds for. Hillary’s debt really can wait or she can come forward with her and her husband’s multimillion dollars. You know, pay her own debt.

In addition, rather than send the “debt relief” (RELIEF as if “It” is its own natural disaster area), donors would be well-advised to bypass “It” and send the money straight to the vendors who got stiffed by “It.” Otherwise, they might get stiffed the second time around in lieu of the Clinton 2012 campaign.

You don’t know why Obama feels the need to help Hillary retire her debt???
Because he needs her supporters.
He doesn’t help her out, he doesn’t get her full out approval. If he sells her out this one last time, she is done with him.
Obama knows he was anointed and appointed by the DNC and that it will not make a difference once it comes to the real election. He NEEDS every Hillary supporter he can get. He is not a shoe in by any stretch of the imagination.
Obama may twist and turn it anyway he wants but bottom line, he needs Hillary and her supporters to have a chance in November.
I was sorry to see Hillary’s latest email to her financial supporters.
Sorry Hillary but I could never vote for Obama or send you more money if there is any chance that it will help Obama.
If you still need help after the election, when Obama is out of the picture, then I will help retire your debt. Until then, it was nice but this is one place I cannot follow you.
I’ve never seen a worse candidate for President than Obama. Why he is choosing to be vetted in a campaign for the highest position in the nation is unclear to me, but it just makes him more suspect.
Obama wants to be president so we should just give it to him? How about earning it first. Put in a few years that really show what you believe in and what you can do, then ask the voters to vote for you. Otherwise you are just a Trojan Horse with tickets inside to anyone with the money and power to get you what you want, then wait for you to pay them back.
I’m not risking my family’s future on Obama’s hope, dreams and changes.