Clinton staffers going without pay

This just in: things are are bad that some Clinton staffers are working without pay.  This article also highlights that Obama raised $3 million today solely from online contributions.  WOW!!!  The article also confirms what my friend said in my email this morning about Clinton not being competitive in the next seven states in instead hoping for a miracle in Ohio and Texas on March 4th and even Pennsylvania on April 22nd.

Some of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign staff have voluntarily chosen to work without pay this month, NBC News confirmed Wednesday.

Super Tuesday's mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big state strategy.

Clinton faced a serious cash crunch going into Tuesday's multi-state vote due to overspending in Iowa, a source within the campaign told NBC News. Staffers blamed campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, who was among those working for free, the source said.

Clinton acknowledged Wednesday that she loaned her campaign $5 million late last month as Obama was outraising and outspending her heading into Feb. 5 Super Tuesday contests.

Buoyed by strong fundraising and a primary calendar in February that plays to his strengths, Obama plans a campaign blitz through a series of states holding contests this weekend and will compete to win primaries in the Mid-Atlantic next week and Hawaii and Wisconsin the following week. His campaign raised $3 million Wednesday in online contributions, a source from the Obama campaign told NBC News.

Focusing on Ohio, Texas
Clinton, with less money to spend and less confident of her prospects in the February contests, will instead concentrate her efforts on Ohio and Texas, large states that hold primaries March 4 and where polling shows her with a significant lead. She even is looking ahead to Pennsylvania's primary April 22, believing a largely elderly population there will favor the former first lady.

Clinton's personal loan illustrated her financial disadvantage and her desire to pick her targets with care. On Wednesday, she sent out an e-mail appeal to donors Wednesday seeking $3 million in three days — an effort, that if successful, would match the fundraising rate Obama averaged for the entire month of January.

No wonder the Iowa Electronic Markets have Obama up 54%-44% now (http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/quotes/Nomination08_quotes.html) -- still a strong buy.  While the race isn't over -- I remember New Hampshire all too well -- Obama's odds are a lot better than 54% right now, as he's raising $125,000 per hour right now just from the internet!

 

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Clinton staffers going without pay

Campaign faces cash crunch as Obama continues to raise money

NBC News and news services

updated 8:11 p.m. ET, Wed., Feb. 6, 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23037431/

WASHINGTON - Some of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign staff have voluntarily chosen to work without pay this month, NBC News confirmed Wednesday.