Sen. Kerry spoke with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell and CNN's Tony Harris yesterday about Barack Obama's momentum and his great, inspirational campaign. He also discussed with Andrea the terrible tragedy in the aftermath of Tuesday night's devastation in Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama, and the impacts of climate change on weather events. But one topic they didn't cover was Hillary Clinton's money problems. Perhaps because nobody knew she's in trouble except Sen. Clinton and the people who haven't been paid. It seems the Clinton campaign is broke and that Sen. Clinton had to loan herself money to make it through Super Tuesday.
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It takes a lot of money to run a campaign. It's a sad fact, but it's true. And while Obama doesn't seem to be having much trouble raising and managing cash, the same can't be said for his opponent. In fact, Barack raised $32 million in January to Clinton's 13.5 million. And yesterday, contributions to the Obama campaign poured in totaling a stunning $5.8 million in 24 hours.
Of course, a campaign shouldn't be about money. But the fact is that, until there is some meaningful campaign finance reform, you just can't win without it. And if a candidate can't manage her campaign budget, well, that just doesn't inspire much confidence that she'll be able to manage the country's and bring down our massive debt.
Speaking of budgets, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the HHS budget yesterday, and Senator Kerry questioned HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on e-prescriptions, cuts to Medicare and the budgeting process. E-prescriptions were one point where I think everyone can agree, but the cuts to necessary medical services to the elderly, not so much. Apparently, the Bush administration is slashing Medicare, the CDC budget and funding for the rural poor, another fine example of compassionate conservative 'values'.
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