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CBS: Hillary Clinton’s Election $hopping $pree

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent about a gazillion dollars on her election campaign (somewhat odd, since I can barely remember the name of the person who ran against her) and the New York Times has a rundown of all the receipts. It’s a financial record that “has fueled some criticism among Democratic activists and prompted concern among Mrs. Clinton’s supporters, including complaints from some of her fund-raisers that her top aides exercised a lack of discipline.”

That’s because the campaign spent more than $13,000 on flowers, $27,000 for valet parking, as much as $800 in credit card interest in a single month and “paid tens of thousands of dollars a month to an assortment of consultants and aides.” Oh, and “$17 million in advertising and fund-raising mailings.” In all, Clinton spent about $30 million on the campaign.

Clinton was not available for comment, but the campaign’s executive director told the Times: “We’re very pleased with the outcome of this election: the bottom line is victory with 67 percent of the vote, a substantial increase among independents and Republicans, and a list of several hundred thousand donors, beneficial in this and future campaigns.”

As of mid-October, Clinton had $14 million left. The Times notes that “the law allows money left in a Senate campaign fund to be transferred to a presidential campaign.” Not that she’s running or anything.

Source:Â CBS News

Hillary Depletes War Chest: Spent $30 Million to get re-elected

For the $30 million or more she spent on her re-election campaign, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton scored a 36-point victory over an obscure opponent, built a new set of contributors and began assembling the nuts and bolts she would need to run a presidential campaign, the NY TIMES is planning to report on Tuesday.

She also purchased more than $13,000 worth of flowers and funneled tens of thousands of dollars a month to consultants and aides.

The result was to deplete what had been a formidable war chests in politics down to a level that leaves her with little financial advantage over her potential rivals for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination — and perhaps even trailing some of them.

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Hillary Clinton’s hawkish stance is a two-edged political sword

This summer, the Reserve Officers Association presented Sen. Hillary Clinton with its President’s Award for her work on behalf of soldiers. On the morning of the ceremony, the event’s organizers were a little nervous. While they were in the White House, the Clintons were never regarded warmly within the ranks or among the brass, and the First Lady was seen as especially hostile to the military. (There are still soldiers who swear by the myth that she banned uniforms at the White House.) It was rumored that some officers were planning to walk out of the award ceremony. As it turned out, the audience did stand up, but not to leave. When Clinton’s name was announced, she received a standing ovation. “If you’d asked me three years ago, I would have been surprised,” says Lt. Col. Lou Leto, the group’s spokesman. “[But] she’s one of our strongest advocates.”

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The Hillary Factor

Will Hillary run? That depends on a bigger question: Can she win? In the next month, New York’s junior senator will embark on the most monumental, emotional gut-check of her life - and weigh whether she thinks she can win the White House.

Then, not too far into 2007, she will make her intentions known.

“She has to wait until she’s made a decision and it’s a decision she’s comfortable with,” said Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf, who supports Clinton.

Getting comfortable could be hard, and some of her closest political allies hope she resists the urge. But a lot has been going her way lately.

Democrats proved last week they can win in red states, taking Senate seats, House seats and governor’s mansions. Would-be Hillary slayer Mark Warner, Virginia’s former governor, has dropped out of 2008 contention, and 2004 nominee John Kerry shot himself in the foot with a flubbed joke.

Poll numbers on matchups with top GOP rivals John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have improved to statistical ties or slight leads for her.

A Newsweek poll released yesterday found 53% of those surveyed said there’s a chance they’d vote for her - virtually identical to McCain and Giuliani. And while many Americans see her as a polarizing figure, the key issue of whether they think she can win is trending up. A recent Gallup poll found 57% of Democrats say she could win it all.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com …

Forbes Analysis: Clinton Undecided on ‘08 Presidential Run

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s professed indecision about a presidential bid seems a bit disingenuous. After all, she has millions in the bank, a national network of supporters and an unrivaled team of political strategists. Not to be trumped by other potential candidates/authors, the former first lady plans to rerelease her best-selling book, “It Takes a Village.”

Fresh off her landslide Senate re-election victory, the New York lawmaker has been inundated with questions about her political future. Although polls show her the front-runner for her party’s 2008 presidential nomination, Clinton insists she’s just starting the process of making a final decision.

“I will look at the possibilities, but I … haven’t really had the time to talk to people about it,” Clinton said in New York earlier this week - the latest non-answer to the question that’s dogged her incessantly since the midterm elections.

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