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Clinton Meets With High $ Rollers Today
By Liza Porteus VianaMay 14th 2008 2:09PM
Filed Under:eHillary Clinton, Democrats, Barack Obama, Breaking News, 2008 President
"Financially, we're in very good shape," Clinton Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe told reporters today during a press conference call. "They're [donors] very excited, ready to go, ready to help."
He said the campaign has raked in "over seven figures" in donations in online fundraising since Clinton's huge West Virginia win last night. The campaign wouldn't narrow down that figure but it's much needed cash, considering her campaign is $20 million in the hole.
"Money is coming in, we've got ads in the air in the upcoming states. We've proven we can beat Senator Obama despite being outspent and we're going to try to prove that again," said campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson, adding that there are offices set up in each of the five remaining primary states, and ads are on the air there, as well. "We feel very comfortable about where we are today."
"Despite what the pundits might say or think, very strong support for Senator Clinton" is manifested in campaign contributions from both big donors and grassroots ones, he added. "There's no question Senator Obama is going to outraise us this month but we will raise a lot of money."
When asked if any staffers were deferring getting paid or taking pay cuts, Wolfson said: "Not that I'm aware of, no." And why would donors continue to shake the trees even as the math adds up for Obama and not Clinton?
Her West Virginia win shows their money is being put to good use, Wolfson responded.
"I think our donors realize Senator Clinton has a shot at this. They're not oblivious to the news that they read and see but they have stuck with us and my sense is they're going to continue to be generous and supportive going forward."
Wolfson also noted that Clinton is ahead of Obama in the popular vote (if you count Michigan and Florida), but acknowledged she won't do as well in Kentucky - or Oregon, for that matter, where they acknowledged Obama is the favorite - as she did in West Virginia. "We had a night that exceeded even our own expectations."
And in case anyone was wondering if Clinton is continuing with her campaign - despite the odds - to position herself for the veep spot, her spokesman said "absolutely not."
"I think any talk about the vice presidency in any direction are premature," he said. "We are not focused on being anybody's vice president or choosing a vice president, we are focused on winning the nomination."
But, if Obama is the nominee in the end, Clinton will "work hard" to get him elected to the White House.
Earlier, former President Clinton Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said Clinton should continue to fight until June, when she can reevaluate based on what needs to be done to unify the party. "Politics, like baseball, is not decided until the last out in the ninth inning. We're in the bottom of the ninth inning of this race and I think she's gonna play it out until the end and I think she should."
Clinton picked up the support of one more superdelegate today, Vicky Harwell, president of the Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women. The presidential hopeful is meeting with others today. Deputy spokesman Phil Singer said it's the campaign's hopes that superdelegates - even those who have voiced support for Obama - may look at Clinton's wide West Virginia victory margins, and her wins in other swing states, and realize she's the best candidate to beat John McCain in the general election.
"They're going to come out and say 'Senator Clinton' is our best bet,'" Singer said.
As to whether Clinton's got a tall mountain to climb to reach the magic number - now 2026 with last night's special election in Mississippi, which sent another Democrat to the House (or, rather, Clinton's new number of 2210, with Michigan and Florida?) - Singer quips: "Well, we've got good walking shoes."
Recent Comments
(Page 1 of 7)wunofakind2:38PMMay 14th 2008
Katherine, you're sick. And you speak for no one other than your ignorant racist self.
I bet I know who God will be damning when the time comes, you.
gail2:41PMMay 14th 2008
i see once again you have bill clinton in a political sex scan what about kennedies and obama the change guy do you have somethig about hillary you cant stand obama lets see oh yes rezko, jessis jackson, wright and 911 thats ok though what creeps you are
Nicole (TEXAS)2:43PMMay 14th 2008
"OBAMA" AND "CHANGE!" (WHATEVER!!!!!!!!)
RACISM? Whatever. I don't see a black man. I see the (TWO) WHITE MEN STANDING BEHIND Obama. They worry me, not Obama.
Look behind Obama Look to the right....
Do you see Kennedy?
Look to the left.....
Do you see Kerry?
You want to talk change?
*I see a political puppet pushed to the forefront, but hidden from the"spotlight" lies the "old school."
*Obama is a forefront for the same old "Democrat Party." I am not manipulated by words. I see a black man in a suit. I see a deception. I see race hiding the true agenda.
*Obama is a "political puppet" and the puppeteers are hidden behind the curtain. I DON'T WANT A "PUPPET SHOW" IN THE OVAL OFFICE. I don't want Kennedy or Kerry running things!
*SO I have heard Hillary is the old? No. Kerry and Kennedy can't puppeteer Hillary. So they don't want her! And they are calling her the old? Whatever.
*So what changes with Obama? Can someone tell me?
I just don't see Obama, I am looking behind the curtain!!!!
No Puppet. Never.
KMD2:45PMMay 14th 2008
IS THIS THE OBAMA CHANGE YOU WANT?
Rashid Khalidi: a PLO activist supports Obama for president "because he is the only candidate who has expressed sympathy for the Palestinian cause."
Obama's Brother: Abongo Roy Obama - a Luo activist & militant Muslim.
Obama's Cousin: Raila Odinga (a jihadist & signed NAMLEF) burned alive & macheted 600 Kenyan Christians; Kenya 2006 Obama campaigned for cousin Raila Odgin.
WHICH ONE OF THESE MEN WILL BE OBAMA’S ADVISORS?
Hillary in 2008
wunofakind2:50PMMay 14th 2008
Keep on bashing Obama; it does nothing for Hillary's campaign.
Why don't people try to "persuade" others with the positive things about their candidate instead of doing what Hillary had done for so long and is now regretting a little too little, too late?
WILMA2:57PMMay 14th 2008
HILLARY SHOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO AUG. I THINK OBAMA ACTING LIKE HE HAS WON SHOWS HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO COMPETE AT THIS POINT WHEN HILLARY IS GAINING ON HIM. DON'T FORGET THERE ARE LOTS OF SILENT SUPERDELEGATE!!!!
happy1232:58PMMay 14th 2008
Obamma and michelle has bres this hate read his book how he feels about whites. and michelle is so full of hate i do not want someone thats hates the usa and whites in the highest office in the land.
I will cast my den vote for mccain not he best but someone that stood up for the usa.
hillary 2008 or 2012 the best women for the job
bonbon3:01PMMay 14th 2008
Katherine
I support you
I am behind you
come one Hillary supportors, don't let the obama
fans/nuts bash one of our own.
and Hillary supports you too...
VOTE FOR HILLARY ALL THE WAY YES WE WILL
TJ3:07PMMay 14th 2008
67% DEFEAT AFTER THE FUZZY "MATH" DECLARED OBAMA NOMINEE. how do you explain that?
OUT-SPENT, OUT FREE PRESS AND ALL, HILLARY KEEPS WINNING WHAT COUNTS.
THE OUT-TO-GET-CLINTONS, THE BIG MONEY GUYS, THE WOMEN-HATERS, MISOGYNISTS:
MOVE-ON.ORG
TED KENNEDY.ORG
I-HATE-WOMEN.ORG
CLINTON-PRESIDENCY-NEVER-HAPPENED.ORG
OPRAH WINFREY.ORG
backstabbers.org
WE GOT SOMETHING BETTER, though
WE GOT THE CHAmP--HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON HERSELF
CANT TOUCH HER.
HELP HILLARY PLEASE:
DO AS I JUst DID
http://hillaryclinton.com
TJ, THE OBAMA BUSTER.
gail3:10PMMay 14th 2008
We are just very selective on whom we deem a true Hillary supporter.
Don't you dare say anything negative about her, or we will call you a republican in disguise, or worse yet, an Obama lover.
JOHN3:12PMMay 14th 2008
During a Michelle Obama appearance at Carnegie Mellon University, the school paper The Tartan reported the attention-getting phrase:
The Tartan's correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, "Get me more white people, we need more white people." To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, "We're moving you, sorry. It's going to look so pretty, though."
"I didn't know they would say, 'We need a white person here,' " said attendee and senior psychology major Shayna Watson, who sat in the crowd behind Mrs. Obama. "I understood they would want a show of diversity, but to pick up people and to reseat them, I didn't know it would be so outright."
Concerned in NY3:13PMMay 14th 2008
Sen. Clinton has a proven track record in the NY Senate. Sen. Obama has no record nor has he attended any of his Senate Committee meetings in order to develop some kind of record. He came out of the starting gate riding on Sen. Clinton's platforms - literally "ditto-ing" every one of them. He hasn't brought forth a single thought of his own. Forget race, forget gender, forget religion. He's out of touch with the working middle-class regardless of race, religioin or gender. Sen. Clinton suggested that the big oil companies pay the gas tax over the summer months and she was rediculed...well folks, NY passed the law and thankfully we'll get somewhat of a break until she can come up with something long-term. She will break the ties with Washington insiders. Unlike Obama who claims he will shun them from the start, she will use diplomacy to get the most out of them for benefit of our economy and well-being. Clinton is the only one who can beat McCain. Obama uses those "inspiring" speaches but really, where is the substance? He talks about unity and doing away with the politics-as-usual. America has been moving in a positive direction in terms of unity of the last 2 decades and as for politics as usual, did he forget he himself is a Washington insider? Maybe he hasn't spent enough time being a Senator to remember. Clinton in 2008 -
Pepper3:17PMMay 14th 2008
http://www.democrats.org/page/petition/chairman
Dear Hillary supporters, please do something constructive for her by telling DNC leader Howard Dean how you feel.Now is the time !Forget the useless arguing and help her by telling him how you feel about the Florida/ Michigan situation.Tell him why you think she should still have a shot at the nomination.Again, here is the link and go Hillary.
http://www.democrats.org/page/petition/chairman
Katherine3:39PMMay 14th 2008
LOL.
Gee, I see a racist is trying to have fun with my name.
And since wunofakind responded to it within a few minutes, and knows that I'm a regular who would never write that, I think we can see who the real racist sneak is.
A disgusting person who SURPRISE SURPRISE is voting for OBAMA.
Which is yet ANOTHER reason why he will NEVER get my vote.
Concerned in NY3:42PMMay 14th 2008
Pepper - thanks for advice - I just sent my note to Gov. Dean. Every Hillary supporter needs to contact the DNC.
Katherine3:44PMMay 14th 2008
wunofakind (desperate evil Obama follower)
If Obama gets dem nom, we can all blame people like YOU who would ensure a republican in the White House.
But didn't you say that you were a republican voting for Obama?
Strange---a republican voting for the most liberal U.S. Senator.
bondskg3:44PMMay 14th 2008
I find the tenor of these posts as shocking. It is no wonder the democratic party and its agenda is in serious trouble. Those who have the audacity to state that they can not support Obama due to his race but in the same breath rant about their undying support for Hillary due to her gender are absolute hypocrites.
I am supporting and voting for Obama because he is smart, has a keen grasp of the issues, and is the change needed in this polarized country of the great USA!
Jenny3:55PMMay 14th 2008
yawn..she is so boring..who is going to help pay the 20 mil debt..you people who support this corruption and mismanagement are just stupid. Please give her more money to waste. $100,000 fruit trays anyone? Hillary is an embarrassment to all women. Oh that's riught she is the white blue collar candidate now. I hate that witch and everything she stands for.
Maggie4:01PMMay 14th 2008
Katherine..bonbon and the rest of you Hillbot freaks..nobody cares anymore who you will vote for. You are all stupid and shortsighted..who gives a flip. It's been said many times by bloggers..you Clinton Crapple drinkers believe anything and excuse everything. Just vote McCain or write the Billary's name in with a crayon or stay home and watch the Wheel of Fortune. Better yet..take Hillary and the whole Clinton Gimmick family and leave the country..your arguments make any person with a rational thought sick.
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Katherine2:34PMMay 14th 2008
All my KKK pals were called and they are pledging big honest clean white money! You should too!
Go Hillary!
I will never vote for a black person. I speak for all Hillary supporters!