Reply #50: If you go into a store and there are gaps on the shelves... [View All]

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...it generally means that store is in trouble, because it's starting to have problems paying its suppliers. And once the shelves thin out, so do the customers. The store may not go under immediately, but it's on a downward trend than can easily turn into a death spiral.

I won't say Hillary is precisely there yet, but I'm starting to get the whiff of gaps on the shelves about her campaign. Loaning herself $5 million, pressing for debates every week so she won't have to spend extra pennies on advertising ... those are the same things shopkeepers do when they're feeling under pressure.

I think the next two weeks will tell a lot -- and you'll see it in the money more than anywhere. How much comes in, where it goes out, and whether there are hints that the Clinton campaign is trying to cut corners. All those things will be very telling.