Aggressive Obama TV Spending Prompted Clinton's Loan
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When Sen. Barack Obama began to bombard Super Tuesday states with television ads late last month, top advisers to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly realized they could not afford to match the effort, and first broached with her the notion of dipping into her personal bank account.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in the single month of January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Feb. 5 contests, aides said Thursday.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton dipped into her own finances ahead of this week's Super Tuesday contests, lending her Democratic presidential campaign $5 million in late January, she disclosed Wednesday.
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ABC was facing growing pressure from Democrats and aides to former President Bill Clinton.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign donors, many of them her top fundraisers, have directed nearly $90,000 to former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to help retire the debt he incurred before dropping out of the presidential race.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton ended 2006 with $11 million in her Senate account, money she can transfer to the presidential bid she began in January.
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A Beverly Hills reception for Barack Obama on Tuesday night brought in $1.3 million for the Illinois senator's White House bid in the  first major show business fund-raiser of the 2008 presidential campaign cycle, organizers said.
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Hillary Clinton's camp blasted off her most direct attack yet on 2008 Democratic rival Barack Obama, as he basked in the glow of a star-studded, million dollar Hollywood embrace.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised almost $6 million after the Feb. 5 voting contests, all of which came from online donations.
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Hillary Clinton, the pace-setter in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, raised 27 million dollars in the last three months -- but still less than top rival Barack Obama, her campaign said Thursday.
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Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is dominating presidential fundraising, raising the most money and bringing in far more contributors than rivals such as Hillary Clinton, who leads in national polls.
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Former president Bill Clinton, who came to the White House with modest means and left deeply in debt, has collected nearly $40 million in speaking fees over the past six years, according to interviews and financial disclosure statements filed by his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).
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Clinton secured more than $340M of special home-state projects in spending bills, while Obama had $91M; McCain rejected earmarks entirely.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has improved on his stunning support in the race for campaign cash, raising his total number of donors to more than 250,000 people in the first six months of the year.
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Â· Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama seek funds in UK Â· Expatriates are big source of campaign dollars
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is donating to charity a $5,000 contribution to his 2004 Senate campaign from an indicted former Illinois official, a spokesman said Friday.
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The 2008 Democratic presidential race quickly turned nasty Wednesday, as Hillary Clinton's camp laid into rising star rival Barack Obama, even as he savored a million-dollar Hollywood debut.