to continue.
It is to campaign in the remaining states, but to end all attacks on Obama. If she does so, she in effect becomes an insurance policy that Democrats can use if for some reason events make Obama unelectable.
But she has to stop the attacks. If she continues she risks her future within the party and endangers Bill's place in history.
The nomination fight is essentially over.
The hard part is about to begin.
It would be an honourable way to proceed, but I don't know how you can ignore the narrative and incessant discussion of why doesn't she drop out. And I simply don't see the money to continue even a light campaign schedule.
those cross-country primaries and PR, it's going to be difficult for her to run even a skeleton campaign.
You forget how much less previous campaigns costed.
a skeleton crew and a million or two should last her till the convention if she really wanted too.
Although, If she just fired Penn she would free up enough money probably to end in the black ;)
A million or two to last until the convention? Obama is spending that in a week on television advertising in ONE state. A million or two will not last her until the convention. Hell, I would question a Senate campaign that expected to last on a million or two for three months.
I would question a Senate campaign that expected to last on a million or two for three months.
Actually that would be a normal number for a senate race in most cases.
But you forget. If the objective is not to win or be competitive but just to remain a positive presence in the race a little money goes a long way towards that goal. Although the there is still a lot of time left, were almost through the list of actual contests. Just making a lot of visits and only a limited ad buy at the end is enough.
sort of like Huckabee did.
didn't hurt McCain, didn't hurt Huckabee. Why not?
Nope. That's not the cost of a Senate campaign anymore. Not in a competitive race, even in a small state.
"Not in a competitive race"
True. But were weren't talking about a competitive race, we were talking about a placeholder campaign ala Huckabee.
And of course, most senate races aren't competitive either.
No, I think Ernst is right about this. Clinton could run what is essentially a placeholder campaign with very limited funds.
If she agreed to not attack Obama while doing so, I don't think anyone in the party would have a problem with it.
with it. I just don't think she'll have the money to last more than two weeks. She just lent herself another $6 million dollars. A loss is not going to send the cash in. If she doesn't have about $10 million to spend, it's going to be difficult for her to run even a skeleton campaign.
I have heard the campaign is 25 million in the hole, she has loaned the campaign 11.4 million...therefore she needs substantial donations just to get back in the black...by the way, I encourage Clinton supporters to donate to help her get the debt paid, she fought hard for her supporters and it seems fair that they should help her out of this predicament.
