Bernie Sanders closes in on Hillary Clinton's money lead

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

By Eric Bradner

Washington (CNN)Bernie Sanders is slowly erasing Hillary Clinton's hard money advantage.

Clinton finished the summer fundraising quarter with $33 million in the bank, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission. She raised $28.8 million in that July-through-September period for the Democratic primary and spent $25.8 million of it.

But while Clinton has more than any other candidate, Sanders is catching up. He ended the quarter with $27.1 million cash on hand. He raised $26.2 million and spent $11.3 million.

Snip: Jeff Weaver, Sanders' campaign manager, noted that the candidate can go back to those people for more cash. "Bernie's big base of small donors may give again and again," he said. "What is clear now is that this campaign to transform America will have the resources to fight all the way to the convention."

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-fundraising-fec/

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[retrowire]

1. Woooo!!!

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[onehandle]

2. ...plus 30-40 million dollars from liberal groups supporting Hillary.

That was weeks ago. Probably much more now.

[zentrum]

7. No doubt.

What with her corporate funders.

But Bernie's donations are from the people and represent how democracy should actually work.

HRC benefits a lot from Citizen's United.

[Laser102]

15. I am one of Hillary's supporters and I donate money to her campaign.

We are not rich, have nothing to do with Citizens United, we simply believe in our candidate. Small donors she can come to again for donations.

[Plucketeer]

19. YOU have nothing to do with Citizens United's provisions

But your candidate doesn't mind it's effects at all! THAT'S what's different with our guy.

[marym625]

3. Amazing!

Truly amazing!

[Divernan]

4. Hillary drastically drops fund raiser admissions to fire sale prices!

Remember those good old days, when it was minimum $1,000 just to walk in the door of those gated estates at Clinton "conversation with Hillary" fundraisers? And $2700 for a single photo taken with HRC? What's that, Bucky? That shallow pool of donors has been drained dry? You say it looks like the Sahara Desert?

No worries, mate! She's dropped, I say DROPPED her prices. And the first 10 through the door get a free set of Ginsu carving knives. Sound too good to be true? But wait! That's not all!
Coming soon! Buy admission with your frequent flyer miles.

Ticket levels:
Co-Chair: $1,000 (write or raise)
Gold (Host Committee): $500 (write or raise)
Silver: $250
Bronze: $50
Student: $15
https://www.facebook.com/events/1675508892727827/

[hedda_foil]

5. And Executive Hillraisers for.$2,500 paid or raised get a selfie with the candidate plus...

A private meet and greet before her speech PLUS a lovely gift box of household favorites and beauty supplies!

[peacebird]

16. Ouch.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. She only has 3 million left???

Keep in mind she was in debt in '08 too.

Most of it was owed to polling firms.

Earlier there was an article that said she was spending $300,000 a MONTH on polling.

[davidpdx]

9. Whether she wins or loses, she'll drive her campaign into debt again

The Clinton campaign throws money around like it is going out of style.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. That's because she has so many people who want to get rich off her campaign.

[Yallow]

8. I Have Given To Bernie Again And Again And Will Give More

And More And More.

America needs Bernie.

[madokie]

12. Same here

I, we, America needs Bernie









Bernie will be our next President

[davidpdx]

10. Well there goes the "Bernie Sanders can't raise money meme"

[peacebird]

17. And he is frugal, flying coach while Hillary has private jets

I like someone who manages money well instead of throwing it around extravagantly.

[Divernan]

18. As compared to hot financial mess known as the Clinton Foundation

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/us/politics/unease-at-clinton-foundation-over-finances-and-ambitions.html?_r=0

The review echoed criticism of Mr. Clinton’s early years in the White House: For all of its successes, the Clinton Foundation had become a sprawling concern, supervised by a rotating board of old Clinton hands, vulnerable to distraction and threatened by conflicts of interest. It ran multimillion-dollar deficits for several years, despite vast amounts of money flowing in.

[cosmicone]

13. Bernie won't need all that much money.

He only needs enough money to last until March 1, 2016.

Hillary needs to make hers last until November 2016.

[shivors]

14. Bernie runs on less