Hillary's Campaign Is Sinking Fast based on Dollars Spent

[berni_mccoy]

Sanders has been steadily gaining while spending only 1/3 of what Hillary's campaign has.

To date, from OpenSecrets, Hillary's campaign has spent $44 million, while Sanders has spent $14 million. Furthermore, Sanders has nearly as much cash on hand as Hillary's campaign. Given the current momentum, Sanders is tracking to win Iowa, New Hampshire and now, a report comes out from politico, Nevada is a strong possibility, with key Clinton supporters switching sides to join Sanders:

But in recent days, Sanders has won over some of Clinton’s most stalwart supporters in the state. Erin Bilbray, a member of the Democratic National Committee from Nevada who was so loyal to Clinton in 2008 that she refused to support Obama at the convention, has endorsed the Vermont senator.
Bilbray said in October she was planning to support Clinton. But she changed her mind after a friend dragged her to an organizing meeting hosted by the Sanders campaign.

Hillary needs to shake her campaign up if she's going to stop the Bern... and it's really a bad time in the campaign to be doing this. Seems like Mark Penn may really be running things again... just like he tanked her campaign in 2008.

For details: Hillary's open secrets page: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00000019

Sander's open secrets page: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00000528

[Blue_Adept]

1. Except she's spending her cash on the ground game

It's not like it's being burned up in caviar dinners for everyone - even if folks want to believe so.

She and her team learned a hell of a lot the last time around and they're not screwing around, as much as some want to view it that way.

[berni_mccoy]

3. When you take out ground-game expenses (rent/payroll), she's still spent $30 million.

You might want to do a little research on her expenditures. She's spent over $20 million on advertising and polling.

[leftofcool]

7. And she has over 200 million in reserve.

So your point is..................................?

[RobertEarl]

17. She's gonna need more than that

As the OP states, she's going the wrong way. No one watches TV and her ground game is a waste because people don't like where she stands,

Bernie tho, the more people get to know him, the more fired up they become.

[brooklynite]

8. And a lot of that advertising is pre-booking (when it's cheaper) ad space for future use

[sufrommich]

2. ..........

[mythology]

4. Clinton has a consistent lead in Iowa, the newest New Hampshire

Poll is a tie and one person in Nevada switching isn't enough to change the substantial lead she holds there.

[berni_mccoy]

5. "Sanders has won over some of Clinton’s most stalwart supporters"

that's plural. Even though the article only discloses one big name, it does use the plural form, meaning there are many more.

Sanders is consistently gaining throughout his expenditures, while Clinton is not (at 3 times the cost).

[Betty Karlson]

6. Indeed: this is excellent news. eom

[brooklynite]

9. I'm on the Clinton Campaign's finance calls...

...if there was concern about cash on hand, I'd hear about it.

There isn't.

[Godhumor]

10. He is not tracking to win Iowa

NH is a legit toss up.

And Clinton is bringing in a ton of money and actually using some of it. You know, on the campaign

And she is up by 20 in Nevada.

But other than that, I'm sure your post is fine.

[MeNMyVolt]

11. Your numbers appear to be old.

Candidates totals for 2015 for raised, spent, and cash on hand are:

HRC - 112, 74, 38
SBS - 73, 45, 28

So SBS has spent 60% of what HRC has spent, not 1/3.

[comradebillyboy]

12. Sanders is currently spending a lot of money in Iowa

in an attempt to catch up with Hillary there.

[Ed Suspicious]

13. Last I heard he had 28,000,000 on-hand cash vs her 38,000,000.

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. Oh come on. EVERYONE knows she's giving it all to the DNC! nt

[Eric J in MN]

15. She has $10 million more Cash On Hand than he does.

If she has too little Cash On Hand, then so does he.

[Art_from_Ark]

16. It's how the cash is spent that counts

Bernie has been able to do more with less.