Hillary Has Raised Only 5% of Pa. TV Airtime Goal

Hillary Has Raised Only 5% of Pa. TV Airtime Goal

By Mark Finkelstein (Bio | Archive)
April 4, 2008 - 10:13 ET

As a loyal Clinton campaign email subscriber, rarely a day goes by that I don't hear from Hillary or Bill. It's good to know they're thinking about me. But today brings some very troubling news: Hillary is WAY behind on her fundraising goal for TV airtime in Pennsylvania. [screencap below page break]

The gist of today's message from Hillary is that we supporters are being given a cafeteria list of PA campaign expenditure needs, and get to designate exactly where we want our contribution to go.

I had been torn between door hangers and yard signs, when I decided to check out some of the other options, and . . . YIKES! As you'll see from the image, the budget for TV airtime in Pennsylvania is $2.5 million, but Hillary has raised only $129,947. That works out to only 5.1% of the goal!

In contrast, you'll be reassured to know that Hillary is doing much better in vans, having raised more than half the $25,000 she needs to rent 250 vans on election day to help get voters to the polls.

Still, the news about the airtime shortfall is distressing. Don't people want to see more of Hillary at 3 AM?

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Seen and heard a few of her

April 4, 2008 - 10:21 ET by Roger the Shrubber

Seen and heard a few of her commercials, but the vast,. overwhelming of political commercials I am seeing/hearing are Obama's.

My personal fav is Obama standing in front of a gas pump, telling us about windfall profit taxes he would punish the eveeeeel oil companies with.

Such vision. Such courage.

Are not the Clintons more Rich than Mitt Romney ?

April 4, 2008 - 10:28 ET by JayTee

I thought the Clintons had lots of $$$'s to spend on the Campaign ? Or is it they have more $$$'s than their "IRS Documents" show, so they'd better keep the money offshore and not use it on the Campaign trail. Keeps those records straight.

Somewhere, there is a Personal Fortune not being used for Hillary's Quest for the Presidency. Or, it could be they want to ADD to the personal Fortune ?

Cayman Island accounts

April 4, 2008 - 10:36 ET by PawpawN

Seems Clintons monies in CAYMAN ISLANDS accounts!

Not in the Caymans

April 4, 2008 - 18:41 ET by docb

Interesting that his honorariums are $250,000 in the USA but $15million is not designated as to source or for what service... Could it be for Uranium, or Saudi influence-they were gifted 3 apts in Dubai, or the Chinese Free Trade granted by clintons 'most 'favored nation agreement', or some NAFTA deal, or the Welfare Reform Act or the IIRIRA Act ....HMMMMM think the MSM or the Press might find the answers if interested.

You would think...

April 4, 2008 - 10:30 ET by Prester John

...that she just might tap into some more of the $50 million she and Bill have "earned" since they left the White House.

Oh wait, that's THEIR money. Better to use the money of their poor union shmuck supporters instead.

use their own money? No way!!

April 4, 2008 - 11:40 ET by SouthJersey1953

They are liberals. By definition, they spend OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY....never thir own.

I'm sure...

April 4, 2008 - 10:54 ET by okiehawk44

Hillary will issue a statement today relating how MLK wanted her to be elected president in 2008 -- he knew, he just knew now shut up and pay attention -- and how he gave her her first campaign contribution of $1.00 and told her it was "seed money" and that he just knew others would contribute more to her campaign when she needed it in 2008 -- he knew, he just knew now shut up and pay attention -- that's why today she's asking all good Americans to remember Dr. King's legacy by contributing $100.00 each (inflation adjustment) to her campaign in his memory.