Clinton nomination sets off fundraising opportunities

[ProSense]

Clinton nomination sets off fundraising opportunities

Posted: 03:58 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) – One day after Sen. Hillary Clinton was formally nominated to be the next secretary of state, her husband sent a message to supporters seeking cash to help alleviate the former presidential candidate's campaign debts.

"This nomination would not have been possible without the hard work of everyone like you who has supported Hillary throughout the years," former President Bill Clinton wrote in the e-mail sent Tuesday. "I know I speak for her when I say thank you for everything you have done for her."

The message, which also asks supporters to write notes of congratulations to Clinton, features a big "Contribute" link below the text.

Sources told CNN last month Clinton's campaign debt is roughly $7 million — down from the more than $20 million she owed last summer.

The fundraising e-mail comes hours after former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe sent out an e-mail of his own touting the president-elect’s new national security team — including Clinton — and seeking cash for the transition fund.

"While the challenges they are sure to face will be great, the opportunities to unify our country and our world will be even greater," Plouffe wrote. "With your support, we'll meet those challenges and opportunities with the hope and optimism that has brought us to this moment of change."

Obama received over $6 million from government funds for his transition effort, but is seeking millions more in private donations.

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[bluestateguy]

1. I already gave to Hillary's debt

I wanted to wait until her convention speech to see if her endorsement was rousing enough. It was. I'd give more if I could.

[ronnykmarshall]

9. I did too.

Did a while back and getting a DVD of her speech and Bill's at the convention.

[atimetocome]

2. Thanks, I will kick in a bit for our new SOS.

[ProSense]

3. No other comments? More on the Emoluments Clause.

Constitutional Obscurity

By David Kurtz

I thought the rumblings about Hillary being barred from serving as Secretary of State by the Constitution's Emoluments Clause was some half-baked right-wing theory on par with Obama's supposedly fake U.S. birth certificate. But apparently Congress is taking the matter seriously enough to reduce the Secretary of State's salary to get around the problem, and Nancy Pelosi supports the move.

For those interested in the facts.

[tritsofme]

5. You're still going on about this crap?

lol

[ProSense]

6. Thanks for noticing. n/t

[Clintonista2]

7. OMG!!!111!! THAT IS HUGH!!!111!! I'M SERIES!!!!!!!!!

:rofl::rofl:rofl:

[ProSense]

8. This is interesting

2) I personally think the truly winning argument is Prof. Tribe's posting is the last one, which focuses on the fact that Hillary Clinton has had nothing whatsoever to do with increasing her salary, since it's the result of a presidential decision generally implementing--i.e., not selecting out the secretary of state for a special pay raise to take account of all the hazardous travel she must do--a piece of legislation passed before she arrived in the Senate. Imagine that Congress passes a law in 2009 law saying that "if X doesn't occur by 2014," then the President in 2015 shall establish a new office that will devote itself to achieving X. The president in 2015 deterines that X has indeed not occurred and decides to appoint a senator elected in 2010. Would that senator be disqualified from accepting the appointment. I think not, because the determinative legislation was passed before (s)he arrived on the scene. I think the same is true with regard to Sen. Clinton. (Perhaps one wants to distinguish the hypothetical on the grounds that we're talking about a specific office rather than "general" implementation of the cost-of-living payraise, though I don't find the distinction important.) I also think, incidentally, that it is legitimate to ask if the increase is larger than the inflation rate and to say that it doesn't count as a "constitutional increase" if the answer is no.

But isn't it relevant that it would count as just another constitutional stupidity if the Constitution foreclosed her nomination, since no serious argument can be made that preventing her nomination would relate to the purposes (preventing self-dealing or corruption) of the initial clause? As for Dick Cheney, I participated in the lawsuit suggesting that a Texas elector couldn't vote for both Bush and Cheney, since both were "inhabitants" of Texas; the district court held, altogether unsurprisingly, that he had successfully moved to Wyoming. More to the point, however much fun it was to participate in the suit (Harriet Meirs was the lawyer on the other side, the only constitutional case she ever worked on, apparently!), no serious person (including myself) could argue that the constitutional bar on electors voting for both president and vice presidential candidates from their own state makes the slightest bit of sense today, even if one stipulates that it made sense in 1803, when it was retained in the 12th amendment. So it was perfectly acceptable--i.e., unlike the case with Bush v. Gore, I wasn't at all angry or even upset--for the district court to allow Cheney to "workaround" the no-longer-sensible provision by a simple self-serving renunciation of his Texas residence.

link

[Lucky 13]

4. Let's just call this what it is: A BAIL OUT

Just like AIG, Citibank, etc. - millionaires ran their company (or campaign) into the ground through abysmal financial mismanagement, then just expect the "little guy" to bail them out while they continue making millions.

Let me be the first to officially say FUCK THAT. I'm offended at even being asked.

I'm federally required through my taxes to bail out these idiot corporations, but I'm not required by anyone to bail out any idiot campaign - especially one whose tactics I strongly disagreed with.

It's a simple concept. You don't spend more than you take in. Hillary made a CHOICE. The campaign was in the red. They knew they were in the red. And they continued spending millions anyway. Irresponsible jackassery that they still are refusing to take personal responsibility for.

But hey, maybe they just need to repackage their "ask" a different way. Try renaming it "The Clinton Rescue Package" and I'm sure everyone will get on board.

:eyes:

[ronnykmarshall]

10. Kick to help our SOS clear her debt!!

Love ya Madam Secretary!!!

HILLARY! HILLARY! HILLARY!!!


http://hillaryclinton.com/

[Clintonista2]

11. Kick!

[Beacool]

12. I'll be attending the December 15th event in NY.

It's always great fun to see Bill and Hillary. I've never met America Ferrara, but I like her show and she's been a staunch Hillary supporter since the primaries.

:D