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#p2 #feelthebern NOPE; #ImwithHer YES
BERNIE WORRIED
April 21, 2016 by Feral Press Alliance
Campaign Finance Math is More Likely to Finish Bernie than Election Math
by Yvette Grimes
Heres why Hillary doesnt hold large rallies. Theyre God-awful expensive. Say you want to hold a rally in a park for 27,000 people (actually Bernie had about 11,000, but lied with the higher number) you cant just say meet me at the park.....................
Bernie has about $4 million in the bank. Hillary has about $33 million.
In three separate notices, the FEC informed Bernie that he has about $28 million in illegal funds (over limit and foreign donations) to be returned, as well as that mysterious $10 million donation.
His campaign debt I estimate at $20 plus million.
Lets see if he announces raising a huge amount after his big loss. He has raised less and less from those donors each month.
If hes thinking of getting out of the campaign his first call will be to the Clinton campaign to talk about her helping retire his campaign debt by holding rallies with him. Shell agree only if he works to unite the party and campaigns for her. Then AFTER November if he meets the requirements of the agreement shell help raise money to retire the debt. If hes indecisive and speaks off message, then no deal, and hes saddled with millions of dollars in debt with a 2018 Senate re-election bid looming. And this time no deals with the Vermont Democratic Party. They are going to run a Democratic Primary for a Democratic candidate. He wont be able to convince contractors to work for him (ad reps, designers, get out the vote callers) if hes still stiffing companies from his 2016 campaign.
Sanders is in financial trouble. He knows it and Hillary knows it. Hed better start playing nice.
Qutzupalotl
(14,317 posts)"He has raised less and less from those donors each month."
See below:
Bernie Sanders outraised Hillary Clinton in March by almost $15 millionmarking the third consecutive month that the underdog candidate beat Clinton in fundraising.
Sanders raised $44 million in March, breaking his own record in February of about $43.5 million, according to Politico. Clinton, meanwhile, raised $29.5 million.
http://fortune.com/2016/04/05/sanders-clinton-fundraising/
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)k8conant
(3,030 posts)$0 on March 31st
https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00000528