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Whatever they say, It’s the money
By Kathy Miller | The Hillary Project


By: Richard Reeves


When they say, "It's not the money ..." -- it's the money!

After all is said and almost done, the numbers that are dragging Hillary Clinton to the end of her campaign are not delegate counts but dollar amounts. She is already more than $20 million in debt, and her campaign is costing something like $1 million a day.

No matter how gritty our girl is, she can't keep this up forever. The big donors she counted on when folks talked about the illusory "well-oiled Clinton money machine" have mostly dropped by the wayside, either having given all they could under new restrictive fundraising rules, or because they were disgusted with the meanness and old-fashioned incompetence of the Clinton campaign.

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On to November. Obama is already actively organizing for the general election in almost every state, large and small. He has the money and people to do that. The assumed Republican candidate does not. John McCain raised a total of $77 million through March, compared with Clinton's $189 million and Obama's $231 million by that point -- almost all of that in donations of $200 and less.

The bottom line is that Obama is where he is because of Change We Can Believe In. With the help of the Internet and the tireless force of young people who understand this new world, he has changed the way candidates run and win campaigns. Believe it!