Rendell: Dems short $10M for convention

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May 27, 2016, 05:08 pm

Rendell: Dems short $10M for convention

By Jessie Hellmann

The Democratic Party is millions of dollars short of the money it needs to host the Democratic National Convention in July, A key Democrat told Buzzfeed on Friday.

Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor and chairman of the Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee for the DNC, told Buzzfeed the party is $9.5 million short of its $64 million goal.

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Another source told Buzzfeed the deficit is closer to $16 million.
"It's a legitimate gap, but we're touching every base to fill it," Rendell said.

more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/281567-report-democrats-short-10-million-for-convention
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Maybe if they hadn't siphoned 99% of the Hillary Victory Fund to Hillary and used it for the DNC as promised..

[grasswire]

1. damned straight on that one. nt

[jillan]

2. Or maybe if they didn't dismiss one of the candidates and his supporters....

[Fumesucker]

3. Rendell went on to add: "I'm not kidding maddie"

[jillan]

4. LOL!!! hahaaaa. Maddie send me a dollar!

[LibDemAlways]

5. It's Hillary's party. Let her pay for it. She probably

considers that kind of money pocket change.

[Yurovsky]

16. Check the sofa cushions in Chappaqua, Georgetown, or ...

Chelsea's $10.4M "starter home".

Or maybe she can get her friends at Goldman Sachs or Walmart to cover the difference.

[msongs]

6. democrats are too kind to freeloaders nt

[reddread]

7. no, they are not.

but you wouldnt know.

[underthematrix]

8. This is a PSYOPS

Of course they have more than the 10 million needed. Nothing to see here

[MaeScott]

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[Nuclear Unicorn]

10. I'm sure CGI can cover it. It's not like the money from despots is passing on to charities.

[TrueDemVA]

11. Ha ha ha

Good, maybe the letter/survey I filled out and returned will let them know why my money will no longer support their corporate owned asses. I filled out and explained that since it has become abundantly clear my party has stop representing me, they will never get my contribution. They only have themselves to blame. FUCK 'EM!!!

Once they get rid of Loan Shark Debbie and the rest of the sell out political leaders, maybe I will help. Until then, never. No more DINOs.

[IdaBriggs]

12. And now we know why people are being pissy with DWS this week.

Party unity or missing money?

[Bread and Circus]

13. Good job DWS!

[hobbit709]

14. I'm sure Hillary can cover it out of her slush fund.

[bigwillq]

15. Too bad

And they won't get any money from me.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

18. Debbie can get them a short-term loan until the next payday.

She knows some guys ...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. or barney can get them a bank loan

[Midwestern Democrat]

19. It shows how out of control campaign finance has gotten that a four day convention costs $64 million

To put this in perspective, Bill Clinton's entire campaign in 1992 cost around $100 million - now there's been inflation since 1992 but not THAT much. I'd sure like to know what accounts for the convention costing $64 million - there's no paid speakers or big name entertainment and the delegates pay their own travel expenses.