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briv1016 Donating Member (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:22 AM
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What about the other candidates’ debts?
We’ve discussed a lot about what is going to happen to Hillary’s $19,480,893.26 debt (plus $10,000,000 in unpaid loans) and how Obama might encourage his supports to help pay it off; but what about the other candidates? As of the May FEC reports:

Joe Biden:_______$1,181,548.64___(plus $436,425.01 in unpaid loans)

John Edwards:___$14,923.16______(plus $1,409,202.84 in unpaid loans)

Dennis Kucinich:__$718,843.25____(no unpaid loans)

Bill Richardson:___$317,493.57____(no unpaid loans)

Chris Dodd:______$380,412.41____(plus -$144,757.04 in unpaid loans?)

(Someone might want to check my numbers. In some cases it looks like the loans are included in the total debt and in other it looks like they are separate.)

Will Obama encourage his supporters to pay off these debts too?
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:30 AM
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1. Don't forget Mittens $44 million
I am not so much concerned about others. There have always been candidates that go in the hole. A million doesn't seem like a lot any moreJust usually not as big as Mitt & Hillary. And when they start going in the hole and the money dries up, that is usually an indication that maybe it is time to hang it up.
One thing that does concern me is that if Hillary leaves a pile of unpaid vendors all over the country, it will leave a major black eye on future Democratic candidates.
Has Obama issued a call to pay off Hillary's debts? Did I miss that?
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Texas Hill Country Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:31 AM
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2. it is pretty typical to do so... i would bet that they have already been paid or arrangements for
payment have already been made...


Hillary paid Tom Vilsack's debt earlier in the cycle.
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pschoeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:58 AM
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3. Uhm, that data looks like expenditures, not debt
Debt is money owed, expenditures is just money spent. Most of these campaigns have extra money from earlier in the campaign, and have spent it in the last quarter, this is obviously not the same as debt.
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briv1016 Donating Member (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:11 AM
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4. I got the "debt" numbers from line 12 of the reports "Debts and Obligations Owed BY the Committee"
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:35 AM
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5. HRC sure wastes money, doesn't she?
What kind of suckers want to pay off HRC's debts?
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