Hillary Blows $30 Million On “Shoo-In” Campaign…May Have Lost Financial Advantage…

The New York Times ANNE E. KORNBLUT and JEFF ZELENY November 21, 2006 12:45 AM
... Throw in $17 million in advertising and fund-raising mailings, and what had been one of the most formidable war chests in politics was depleted to a level that leaves Mrs. Clinton with little financial advantage over her potential rivals for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination -- and perhaps even trailing some of them...

...The Democratic Daily, a liberal Web site, accused Mrs. Clinton of "blowing a shameful $36 million" on a shoo-in campaign. The only other Senate candidate to come close to her spending level was Senator Rick Santorum, Republican of Pennsylvania, who spent about $24 million unsuccessfully defending his seat.

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