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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Clinton's money

We haven't heard much about fundraising from either Obama or Clinton this month, and I wonder how it's going. She still has very fervent support, but as the percentages on her winning go down, I wonder if she's still pulling as much money.

The Clinton camp has been shooting out fundraising emails almost every other day at this point, but that may indicate an awareness of the goalposts, not bad news.

As interesting to me, solely from subjective observation, I keep seeing neutral blog posts, "Obama goes up with a new ad in state x," but it doesn't feel like I'm seeing many/any Clinton ones.

Money may not matter as much with Pennsylvania being the last big media state left to go, but in a horserace sense, the perceptions from her fundraising could be significant. If Clinton is considered above whatever perceived benchmark there is, it's a sign of continuing support, etc, but anything below it may be portrayed as the end of the line.

I have nothing to say whether her fundraising is high, low, or anything. I'm just putting it on the table as something to watch. It may be one of the pressure points.

(And, after his record demolishing Feb, can Obama hit his line?)

Later: Politico's Ken Vogel talks about the Clinton campaign's unpaid bills to small vendors. (This may just be "dickish" strategy, not real money problems.)

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