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Title: Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign cost a record $1.2B
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NY Post
URL Source: http://nypost.com/2016/12/09/hillar ... g-campaign-cost-a-record-1-2b/
Published: Dec 10, 2016
Author: Bob Fredericks
Post Date: 2016-12-10 11:28:06 by cranky
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Views: 1666
Comments: 6
Hillary Clinton and her supporters spent a record $1.2 billion for her losing presidential campaign — twice as much as the winner, Donald Trump, according to the latest records. The president-elect, who confounded critics during the campaign by saying there was no need to raise or spend $1 billion or more, ended up making do with $600 million. Clinton’s expensive machine tore through $131.8 million in just the final weeks, finishing with about $839,000 on hand as of Nov. 28. Team Trump spent $94.5 million in the home stretch — from Oct. 20 to Nov. 28 — and had $7.6 million left. The figures include all spending by the campaigns, PACs and party committees. Trump contributed $66 million from his own pocket, $34 million less than he estimated he would shell out. Brad Parscale, Trump’s digital director, credited strategic last-minute investments with helping propel the political newcomer to victory. The campaign and the Republican Party spent about $5 million in get-out-the-vote digital advertising targeted in the final few days at Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida. It proved critical: Some of those states were won by razor-thin margins. “You think, what if we hadn’t spent that?” Parscale said. “We might not have won.” Last June, Trump shrugged off skeptics who said he needed to spend $1 billion to have a chance to win. “There’s no reason to raise that,” Trump said. “I just don’t think I need nearly as much money as other people need because I get so much publicity. I get so many invitations to be on television. I get so many interviews, if I want them.” 
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I can't believe there is anyone on the planet that does not believe hildebeest, et al, was selling influence and access on the come. Lots of people threw away lots of money betting on her.
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