Settling In For The Long Haul
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Obama and Clinton Settle In for the Long Run
With no breakout winner in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama began fortifying for a drawn-out and expensive campaign on Wednesday, with Mrs. Clinton disclosing that she had lent her campaign $5 million and Mr. Obama rejecting calls for several more debates.
Mrs. Clinton’s campaign confirmed that she had lent her campaign $5 million at the end of January for advertising and organizing expenses in Tuesday’s 22 races, an acknowledgment that her fund-raising had fallen far behind her rival’s. Aides said she would consider lending her campaign more money if necessary to remain viable.
Mr. Obama raised $32 million in January, while Mrs. Clinton’s campaign brought in only about $13 million, officials said.
Mrs. Clinton made millions of dollars on her memoir, “Living History,” while her husband, former President Bill Clinton, has made tens of millions of dollars since leaving the White House by selling his memoir, giving paid speeches and entering a lucrative partnership with Ron Burkle, a Los Angeles billionaire.
The Clinton campaign sent out an urgent e-mail appeal on Wednesday, seeking to raise $3 million in the next three days.
Mrs. Clinton also challenged Mr. Obama to a series of debates over the next month, usually a tactic of a trailing candidate. Mr. Obama said he would consider it but insisted that the Clinton campaign and the media would not set his schedule. Click here to read more in the New York Times.