Unfortunately, Hillary is power hungry. She would do whatever to try to win, even becoming indecent and deceiving. I am afraid if Obama selects her for the Secretary of State position that she would not manage it well and make all the official trips her own vacationing time with OUR money

the clintons were once my heros…but this campaign exposed a side to them i did not like. hrc was especially dissappointing in her hunger and quest for power. she would stop at nothing. one should never desecrate their own party members to the point where ammunition is given to the opposition. shame on hrc for dragging down her own team member then EXPECTING a handout from him (first vp, then sos). the arrogance!!!!

I'm sorry I don't understand the outrage….is she asking you to pay off her debt. I haven't heard anything about that.

They will make the money and pay if off, end of story. It isn't even a story.

She would make a great Secretary of State, but I think she should stay in the Senate. My hubby thinks she should be SOS.

This is a shell game not a news story. Clinton owes Clinton some money. Maybe she should sue herself.

I'm not knocking Hillary. Many other politicians end up in the same position.

But to say it is "news" when a politician owes money to his/her self is absurd.

bail out hillary, why not? everyone but the hard working americans.

Since Hillary Clinton has supplied so much chatter over the years to your network and others, (meaning job security to y all` ) seems to me all of you tv personalities would pony up a couple bucks each to pay off her debt ….
What`s a couple bucks to you of the "elite media "……. Seeing as you`re so concerned about her debt . I guess her celebrity is drawing more attention than our continuing financial crisis…….

We as americans need to focus more on the overall economic issue that we are facing in the nation. We could care a whole hell of a lot less than debts that politicians accured. Can we please focus on the change of administration. I'm ready for Barack Obama to Lead the free world and get us out of this nonsense that america is in. If Hilary is hurting that bad financially, Then create a Hilary bailout plan… lol!

Campaign finance reform! Money should not dictate who leads our nation. I commend Sen. Clinton for her efforts during the primary season. We should not elect a candidiate merely because they can out spend (although that usually does happen…part of the reason incumbents often win) and we should not shut out a viable candidiate because they can't raise insane amounts of money.
With that said, Obama should have done more to help Clinton with her campaign debts. He attended a joint event with her after the primaries (where she urged her supporters to help him) and he forgot to urge his to help relieve her debt. She showed incredible grace and selflessness in embracing his nomination at the close of the primaries and she went to bat for him in the general election. She was a great campaigner for him.
Obama should have done more for her to help relieve the debt (as is customary for the winner to do for his competitors in such contests). This is particular so in light of the disgusting amounts of money Obama raised and spent in the campaign.

I cann't believe the people don't know how Clinton got so far into debt, I can tell you,she's a Democrat.

She's a book deal away from paying it off.

The problem with the English language, and the spelling related to it, has gone the way of the dinosaurs because of computers and text messaging. The younger generation have no problem with this and all we do is give away our age when we find fault with it It is the wave of the future. The schools no longer teach writing skills because of computer use and children are taught to read phonetically. I guess we older folks just have to adjust.

I am only going to say this once. Obama was appointed as the nominee he didn't WIN the nomination.

Now with that said, in order for Hillary not to contest and take it to the convention floor he was supposed to help her pay down her debt.

However, when you look at the Clinton's net worth, this is really a non-story that the media keeps pushing. At the end of the day the Clinton's will write a check and pay off the debt.

Stop all of the Hillary hating. The election is OVER and you drones got the president you wanted so let it go already.

She spent her own money to get a job…..soooooooo….you lose…money gone…how in the world is it anyone's duty to see that she gets it back…what a jerk..she can't even control her husband, can't budget, and we want that for our Sec. of State….what a joke.

Now we TRULY know what the bailout money is for!!!

WHAT??!!?? How can this be???

I thought Obama believes in "spreading the wealth." Why spend $2M on a party when the "needy" still need help?

Please guys…tell them to make a transfer payment from Savings to checking account online to take care of their dept. They're multi millionaires who decided to take the chance instead of stopping the campaign after North Carolina and Indiana.

I am always astonished at the propensity of some Americans to spend way beyond their means. I mean what was she thinking when her campaign got into a debt of $20M. If she had won, does that mean that her victory would have earned her the $20M and maybe more to repay the debt. If thats the case, isnt that corruption ?

Serious Clinton fatigue. I wish they would retire and by an RV.

She should not even think of paying herself back.

Who gives a crap!

Who cares really? As much as people wanted her out of the race they refuse to leave her alone. Always talking about her. I really do not care how much debt she has. She was money and so does bill, what about my debt! CNN focus on the issues not someones campaign debt!

Hey everyone don't worry about the Clintons they will be just fine. They
still have the power that they have always had. Remember Hillary would be our President if they had actually counted Florida and Michigan in the primary. still think it is funny that all the fuss was about penalizing the two state and the DNC actually gave them their full vote at the convention. I am happy about Obama's choices and feel that he understands what is needed to bring this country together. Obama is right to understand that he needs to embrace a sucessful democratic Pres and his genious wife.

Obama did not get caught in the drama of the media or the far left and has signaled that he does not want to fight and attack. Everyone who thought that Obama was not going to move to the center will be disappointed but I AM so happy that he is trying to bring balance to are planet. I am beginning to believe THAT WE CAN.

Just a couple of speeches will fix that

So, instead of being worth $100 million, she is only worth $93 million?

Let's hope she does better with the State Department budget than she did with her campaign budget.

nothing to fear but fear itself!

It will all come out in the wash – this isn't anyones first rodeo you know!

No Way-Now How-No Helping the Clintons. Why don't they just start selling off some of their homes? Obama had my vote until he asked his supporters to help bail out Clinton. Will Clinton help make a mrtg pmt for me????

Anna, ATL
if Obama has contributed only 800k to her debt and she was over 20 million and now less than a third remaining in 6 months???

I would say she is pretty good at budgeting…
Just was not her time.
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Are you kidding me? She shouldn't have gotten $20 mil in debt in the first place! I wouldn't trust her to run a lemon-aid stand!

Can someone bail me out? It just seems like the trendy thing to do.

Hillary Clinton made her bed, now she should sleep in it. She is simply facing the financial disaster she created and the defeat that she earned. She deserves nothing more. She's not owed anything more. Her attitude of entitlement is sickening.

Obviously Hillary had more confidence in herself being President than most American's. Nothing wrong in investing in one's self, however, a good look at Wall Street will explain the fallacy of using your own money.

She continued running a very expensive and negative campaign long after it was clear she couldn't win. She wasted a lot of good Democratic campaign cash for both herself and for Obama. The fact that she put all the bills on her credit card doesn't mean anyone else should pay it off for her. I have credit card bills myself and I haven't asked anyone to help pay them off and I'm not worth tens of millions of Dollars like the Clintons. Bill can go hold a couple of speeches and pay the whole thing off – He owes her anyways

"November 18th, 2008 7:36 pm ET

I thought the Clintons made money from Bill's speaking engagements. Why not hold a few to pay down that debt?"

Maybe that's what they did. If so, why did they ask OBama for Help, or did he offer? I forget, I'm too busy trying to pay off MY DEBTS!

Why are we still talking about Hillary's debt? Shame on her for running her campaign in the ground. Shame on her for her lack of good judgement and her determination not to leave the election sooner. I'm not a hillary hater but I am sick of hearing about her debt.

Why is that… whom ever has the most compaign contributers tends to win? Sounds like people put their money where their mouths were.

Kinda like the home team affect. The more fans boosters get out to buy tickets, the better the uniforms, the better the stadium, the better advertising, better the student body, the better the talent, the better chance to win… Booya

Obama 08 its too late to hate… sissies

Clinton was in debt by approx $20Million, of which she loaned the campaign $12M, and now she still owes $7.6M. And, Obama raised $800K for her.

It sounds like to me she raised enough money from her supporters to pay herself back, apply the $800K from Obama — and she still owes the remaining…. Come on….. enough already…….

She and Bill have plenty of money — Please! That's why they dont want to disclose those donor lists……

Everyone was "responsible" for their own campaigns…it's her debt.

I hate to say it, but Hill knew she was loosing, and she knew her campaign was really not up to Obama's level. The Clinton's are rich, they can pay that off. Just sucks to be them right now, but not really.

Hill would make a great Sec of State.!!!

I suggest Mrs. Clintons peer into her piggy bank and start paying down her debt. She must take some responsibility as well.

Can Barack Obama PARDON Hillary's outstanding funds on January 20,2009?

Sad that the Clintons are trashed all the time by the Republicans…. jealousy says I….

Bill Clinton left this country in fine shape…. Bush has nearly bankrupted our Nation! And all the Repubs can do is trash or blame Clinton!!! Just gives me the creeps! So strange that they seem not to be able to see their own corruption! Seems like my old daddy used to say, "a dirty dog can't smell his own stink!"

okay…let me get my checkbook. Oops! I almost forgot…I am jobless.

Oh goody! and she wants to be Sec. of state! LOL! sure lets give her the post! She is a media nightmare! Keep her out of the Obama administration.

lets just use the bailout money!

My heart bleeds for her- I lost 400,000.00 in the stock market because of political crooks and thrie refusal to stop the madenees that is :give everyone something for nothing", this is over half of my retirement savings- she can pay her own bills- Billy makes good money doing speeches *let him bail her out

she has to raise the money herself … Obama cannot do it … Gov should NOT bail her out – she ran and this is a consequence of losing … ask your "generous supporters" … pay more out of her own pocket, if need be – they are NOT poor … of course, they might be after Obama taxes the rich people like her … turnabout is fair play. Bad news to the banner/sign/pendant companies – guess you picked a bad customer, huh?

If Obama has contributed only 800k to her debt and she was over 20 million and now less than a third remaining in 6 months???

I would say she is pretty good at budgeting…
Just was not her time.

Obama does not need Clinton, but she doesn't get the credit she deserves from her detractors. I'd be happy to see some of that debt paid down by additional contributions, but I'm not optimistic, given the financial crisis we are in.

The promise to pay off the debt was his first promise so give President-Elect Obama a chance to keep his word. I voted for him because I believe he has the integrity to follow through on his promises. We have not seen too much integrity in the last eight years. He may not have won Florida, Pennsylvania or Ohio without both Clintons campaigning tirelessly for him.

Excuse me, but with the state of the economy and the financial deterioration that we are all witnessing daily, I really could care less about Hiliary and her debts. At least she has her homes!!!!!

Clinton fought a better campaign when you consider the budgets they each had.

With Obama's campaign cash, Sarah Palin could have….well, never mind.

And before you all protest,
—CREDIT TO THE CANDIDATE WHO PULLED IN ALL THE MONEY, OF COURSE.

David in Silver Spring– "lend" and "loan" have gone the way of proper spelling, correct use of homonyms, and any number of other grammatical rules, if these comment columns are any indication. Those of us who at least attempt to handle the language with some facility will no doubt one day find it difficult to make ourselves understood by people who think Y-O-U is spelled "u" and "there," "their," and "they're" are all the same word.

Do not forget Obama is surrounded with all Ex- Clintons !!!!! 32 of them .and stop taking out og your garbage

I thought the Clintons made money from Bill's speaking engagements. Why not hold a few to pay down that debt?

its a sad thing for this country ,that all it takes is money to win an election!

Can't you people tired of dumping your garbage against Clintons???
Aftera ll who helped Obama in FL ,PA,MN and NH ???? And Obama knows he still needs her .Why can't you accept this fact.
i Wonder what will You all Clinton hater say after she becomes Sec of State??

i agree with many notes above in that clinton created her debt by thinking she 'of course' was going to win -
to not pay her vendors, to not pay her rented offices; yea, i want her in government, she doesn't think past her face in the mirror!
her stupidity got her there -
nobody else is responsible for her debt -
nothing from the 'left over' obama monies should go to her legally as i gave my few $25 donations to obama . . . NOT to be used for clinton in any way -

Obama didnt need money from Hillary!
You are kidding, I hope.

But she campaigned harder than any former rival before her did, her husband too, and they are still out there helping the Dem hopefuls.

Happy to see her friends and supporters have trimmed that debt down. good for them!

Hillary needs to be accountable for her bid. The fact that she did not run it successfully when it was a slam dunk to win should make it clear that she was not capable of running a country. And with that said, it is her debt. Many of the campaigns used thier own money and ended up loosing.

I am curious if she paid off her loans personal loans first or if she took care of the businesses first.

All the millions Obama got from overseas donations and 800,000 is all he could give for Hillary.

I wondered about that. She needs to talke a lead from Obama and use the Internet

"ET"…I've seen some of your blog postings and I would like to know what planet you are from or where you got your crystal ball in order to make such dire predictions. Anyway you look at it, I think you need to return to the planet you're from (or did IT end up in a hand basket thus the reason you ended up here?) or get a refund on that ball. It does not work right. You appear to be a bitter person. Better yet, go back to FOX 666

Of course, GREED IS NOT GOOD, she wanted to change the rules in MI and FL, everyone castigated her but when NOBAMA did it, no one questioned him….where is the fairness? There is no fairness.

Whatever, that's her problem. She didn't have to lend herself money, so suck it up.

Can't Slick Willy make a few more $500K speeches in Kuwait or Dubai prior to her being appointed Sec of State? With his shady contacts that debt should be paid down in no time.

I was for Obama from the start but did give a few bucks after her nice convention speech…why can't her 18 million voters do the same?

about 42 cents each from her 18 million voters would do the trick…

Does that mean the bill collectors are constantly phoning her residence in attempts to squeeze two dimes out of her?

Plz post this CNN, my posts never ever get posted and that hurts my feelings!

She could by 4 million gallons of gas, and then wait till summer when the price goes back to $4 per gallon. That should get her about 8 million.

The hard part is finding a 4 million gallon gas can.

Ask Palin for the money.

She is a great cattle futures trader. Without any background in trading, she made 100K on a few trades. Have another go at it Hillary.

I think it was exceedingly generous of Barack to help her out at all, considering how she threw everything at him including "the kitchen sink." It goes to show you why we voted for him and why he won. I agree with comments made by several people that had she "thrown in the towel": when even her staff was telling her to, she may not be so indebted, i.e. it was her own fault.
I also think it is exeedingly generous of almost President Obama to offer her the secretary of state job. She should be glad I wasn't the one who one because I'd be offering her a job as a housekeeper in the White House! I'm sure that job pays well, so if she accepts it, part of her income could go to pay off her debt. Also, her huband, gets $300, 000 per speech, so he could help pay off Hilary's debt.
We are talking about a couple who jointly made over 109 million in 10 years, average income per year . . . about 10 million! So why can't she pay off her own debt? And she had the nerve to call Barack Obama an "Elitist" !!!

She'll just ask Bill to go and hand out favors to all of those international friends of theirs, she'll cover it as Sec. of State. Nice change in the Obama administration, sounds more like the same to me.

Time to get resourceful and generate income. That's what the rest of us mere mortals do if we have bills to pay and our regular income doesn't cover bases. Here's a few ideas: hit the lecture circuit, write a new book, start a line of ladies pant suits (manufactured in the USA of course), and pick up a little change endorsing Weight Watchers. Maybe like Sarah Palin claims she did: turn to eBay and unload those souvenirs. Read up on Dave Ramsey. Tell Bill to hop to it and fork over his earnings. Sorry, but I have no sympathy for her self inflicted debt.

Where is the 18.000,000,? 50cents is all it takes.

Oh well, sucks to be her. She was so nasty to President Obama that it is hard to be sorry for her. I actually would have voted for her if she had won, but I was kind of turned off by her nasty attitude. Oh yea Hillary, HE DID SEAL THE DEAL!

Let me guess…the only way she will take the job of SOS is if Obama pays off her debt. I thought her bitter shills and advisers said that she had that paid off almost completly?

ET go home

The US is not going to hell you have just come from there under Republican leadership. Now you are moving towards a happier place.

Also to all those palin lovers that disagree with all of Obama's appointments, its doesn't matter if these people worked for past admin its the President that directs the Country not his staff. I'm getting sick of reading you stupid comments about what change is. If it was up to you idiots we would have some old man and a chick who has been out of the Country once running the show.

I agree with David. "Lend" is the verb, and "loan" is the noun. It's much cleaner and flows better too.

I also agree with the posters who say this is Clinton's own responsibility. It was her choice to run and to mismanage her campaign finances. If she *lent* herself money she should not expect to get that back. When Corzine, Bloomberg, and Perot self-finance, it would be such a boondoggle to expect taxpayers, supporters, and even their opponents to reimburse them. Why is HRC so different?

And finally, what will it say about HRC-style feminism if the first woman with a serious shot at the Democratic nomination will have to be bailed out by her male opponent? You can't cry sexism on the one hand and then hold out the other hand for charity, expecting the man to fix it for you.

Hillary made a bad decision she should have stop way before she got herself in debt….. not another bail out! PUMA's all 18 million of you send $.50 and she will be done with debt…… else you are the Repub infratrators I suspected you were…. gee with all the crap you PUMAS throw out their it is shame you can not settle this ….

I still don't get why OBAMA has to help Hillary pay off debt that HER CAMPAIGN incurred while SHE was running, especially when she and Bill are MILLIONAIRES. Is this Sec. of State thing like some consolation prize? Oh, we can't give you the money, but here's a top cabinet post? I know Pres. Elect Obama is not that foolish, but apparently he feels the need to remunerate her for HER failure. Don't get it, never will. Glad to see Holder appointed as AG, at least.

So wait, she had to pay back those that donated to her?

David from Silver Spring:

Loan is both a noun and a verb.

Whatever it takes to clear the way for Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State will happen.

Hillary is the best person for the job!

Get a job, Hillary. Not anyones responsibility but your own.

I guess those 8 million cracks in the ceiling was just that because no money has fallen through them. Where are all of those women, all 8 million women that were so gun ho for her to keep running and were so strong against Senator Obama's on his case about not being experienced and the like. Where is the money to bail Hill out of this mess she is in.

Why doesn't HRC just ask her husband for the money? Hell, he raised over $500 million for a foundation of his that used most of the money for his Presidential Library. He ought to be able to ask some of his "buddies" to give the money to pay off her debt. Personally, I think she should have to pay back every penny! and as to the $12 million she used of her own money….BYE BYE $12 million!

obama will just borrow some money from the crooks that got him elected and "redistribute" it to the "needy", i.e. Hillary.

I can't understand how anyone can say America is going to hell in a handbasket after enduring 8 years of the current administration. There's no way we can go any lower. Why not open your mind and try thinking?
I don't know if it's possible to dig us out of the hole(s) we're in from the shenanigans of Bush, Mr. Arrogance Cheney, and the rest of their wrecking crew.
Why not give Obama a chance, with all of us helping him instead of constantly criticizing him before he has had a chance to make a mistake.
One thing I think we can count on is recognition and admission when he does err, and that will be refreshing.
At least we won't have to listen to a constant stream of lies, lose more of our liberties, and so on and so on.

Well thank goodness he's not making her Sect of Treasury…Whew.

I believe that Obama should help Clinton cause he won cause she helped him win and for all those people who say she should have got out,
IShe had a valid reason to stay untill they counted FL and MI, but Obama won cause she helped him and I would have never voted for him if she wouldn't of had helped, and regardless what Hillary does she will always be the great leader, And we should never forget all the good they did for the country, I wish her well if she get's Sec of State or if she runs again in 4 years And I hope that the next time they count all 50 states

Totally agree with NickNas and Scott NYC Independent. Greed, spite , narcissism (cutting her nose to spite her face) are responsible for her present predicament. It makes me doubt if she will really be a good Sec of State.

Wow. Right wingers are just looking for a reason to hate so they can work themselves up to a frenzy and be unneccesarily negative. I guess it is pretty easy to use hate and fear to brainwash people. It only took Rove 8 years.

Just remember, haters, we gave your guy a chance for 8 years. Now it's time for you to give our guy a chance. I bet the bank (if there were any left after the Bush administration) that my guy does a much better job.

I believe that Barach should select Bill to tackle the global warming intiative. He would be the ideal person to lead the hot air expedition.

HRC used her own money and now she wants to be paid back. If that's the case, then I want someone to give me the money I borrowed from my Thrift Savings Account.

Obama is looking at HRC for some sort of cabinet post or possibly the Sup. Court — Maybe the Clintons are looking to make up some "small" shortfalls with positional gifts —

My personal feelings — Hillary, Bill, and Chelsea just need to suck it up — Millions of the campaign money spent was probably for Bill and Chelsea's support and speaking salaries — Regarding an Apointment —

– To entrust international responsibity to a person who cannot 1) Run or organize a campaign without going bankrupt – 2) Is totally self-centered [why didn't she quit when she knew she was going to loose - only vanity] – 3) Is a blatent Hawk (paraphrased — Screw with me buddy and I'll nuke you out of existiance) —

– And I think, regardless of the PUMA and other pro-Hillary rants — a Supreme Court Justice should not have a problem with honesty & integirity — as in "Think- They'll-Miss-the-White-House-Silverware-Gate, Travel-Gate, Whitewater-Gate, etc.

Where are all those loyal PUMAs and those "I'm gonna vote for McCain if Obama win the Primaries. A buck a peice should do the trick

why should obama help pay back money that was spent on her campaign against him…this is to funny!!!

Mr. Bloomberg, please help a Sister Senator Clinton out!

hey, that's what you get for being adamant

NO PLAYER HATING ON MY PART. AS A OBAMA SUPPORTER, IF ASKED WE WILL ALL HELP. HILLARY IS ONE OF OURS.

I don't care how much in debt Hillary is in…….I hope Obama won't be paying it off for her, that is her problem.

the liar hillary is now left to pay off the debt she ran up because her hubris would not allow her to admit defeat, too bad, not at all sad, between her and her international money launderin.. err hubby, they can afford to pay it off themselves it is NOT president (elect) Obama's responsibility to pay off the debt for the liar hillary it is HER debt let her (and her PUMAs) pay it off. After all all she would need to do is make a speech telling all the idiotic PUMAs that she did it for them and now needs their help to bail herself out and they will all send her $100.. well I guess to pay off her debt the PUMAs would have to send her more than that each….

As for state she does not have the knowledge base or the political base for this job she needs to go back to the senate and hope NY doesn't vote her out next time….

I was neither an Obama supporter, nor a Clinton supporter. I supported McCain until his Palin pick. Having said that, why should anybody help Hillary get out of debt? I think she would make a GREAT Sec of State though. She was way behind in the polls, yet still continued to spend spend spend. I don't understand why anybody (homeowners, banks, politicians, the auto industry) can spend money like water, then expect others to pay off their debt. She spent the money, let her pay it back. At the end of her campaign, it was obvious she had no chance. That was when EGO kicked in and wouldn't let her drop out gracefully. Why should anybody pay for her ego to be stroked? She has book deals, her husband gets paid to simply give a speech. Who is gonna sit here and tell me that the Clintons don't have a couple of million in the bank! She loaned her campaign the cash, her campaign didn't pay, she ran the campaign, so in essence, she didn't pay herself back!!!!!! Why should others clean up her debts? Did other people approve her loaning campaign money based on the fact that if the campaign defaulted on her, others would insure payment?

It's her debt to herself. she should be able to write that off. I t scares me that she might run again and folks are going to forget this run, and still give her some more money to give away to the TV liars….

I was dismayed anyone gave her any money went it was clear she was talking against another democrat to the point of saying that mcsame was better.

I don't understand the pardon of the buffon who supported mcbush and patin against Obama. What was his name again?

You people are full of hatered or plain ignorant. And who – after journalism-major shamelessly English-handicapped Palin – can wonder anymore about detiorating use of language? HRC repeated many times that she is not concerend about repaying her own loan to her campaign and did not do any fundrasing for that. Money owned are owned to some business for rent, supplies and her poltiical consultant M.Penn's bad advice (and he may wait a long time to get his payment). She raised millions for Obama's campaign after dropping put of the race and held 60 (!!!) rallies and/or fundraiser events while campaigning for Obama, that's a lot and should be enough who still question her commitment to the party and its cause.

I seriously doubt that Obama and especially his supporters would do the same had he lost.

The modern tradition, not the rules, has been that a winner helps the "looser" with campaign debts. It is a graceful thing to do but also a practical thing for the winner to do because it brings the party unity back and frees the former priamry rival's time to campaign for the nominee instead of fundrasing for themselves.

Don't forget that HRC got as many – 18 mln votes as Obama did. He won on superdelegate and caucase count so it is not like he was a trully first choice for a half of the Dems. So even if some of you don't like her, she has defintely deserves the respect for her work to have a Democrat as president and a lot of new people in Congress (she campaigned just as hard for Cngressional candidates this season since she did not have to defend her seat this year).

ET,
please, give it a rest…the country will be just fine. since you don't live on earth in the first place, why are you so concerned ..are you thinking of moving to earth to retire?

I love HRC – but, noise follows the Clinton as a whole. The more I think about her as SoS, the more my stomach turns. Bill Clinton – who is one of the best modern day politicians – brings with him to much baggage – great mind; personal flaws. GOP will have a field day with this.

Barack – You need to fire whoever is leaking these stories – and this was not a good move on your team's part to let this story go unanswered. Lessons learned – document them and learn early.

Keep Charging!

Obama probably has enough money to bail out GM, Chysler, Ford, and anybody else looking for a hand out.

Go Obama !!!

I think Obama is doing an excellent job. The change he speaks of is "something better than the last 8 years", and everybody need to understand that. So what if he get some of the Clinton's staff in there. He is trying to put together a team that can work.

Now ain't that her lil personal problem! She paid herself once or twice, so she can now pay herself again and get out of debt and now look for welfare from our New President-Elect Obama or President Obama. She needs to go back into her bank account or take some of those Millions from her husband.

3 Bill speeches should cover it

Pay up Barack!!

That is her own dam fault

Maybe Bill should come up with some of that
money he "collects" for his foundation.. Clintons have money…
H.illary .. pay your debt like everyone else in this country and quit
looking for the handout from Barack and the taxpayers.
Surely, Bill knows how to get around this.

It is interesting to see the repercusions of losing support. Her supporters did not give what they had to give in order for her debt to be forgiven. I do feel badly for her though. i would hate to be millions in debt.

Ok, so where are all the devoted PUMa's. Their claim to support Hillary for all eternity doesn't include putting up their money?

Ann the answer to your question how much did Hillary help Obama raise to win is about 10 million, but dont except Obama to return any favors he's selfish that way.

Obama has to pay for all debts. This is logical.

*** Now folks use "loan" as verb and noun, as in, "Loan me a loan of ten dollars." I don't get it. ***

I'm sure there are a great many things you don't get, some of them quite simple. But when you get a chance you may want to look into the fact that languages are living things that change over time. They always have and they always will.

let her take the money out of checking

I only owe $110,000 on my house. Who's going to help me pay for that? I'll start taking donations. Checks payable to "I can pay for my house but would like someone else to do it for me".

Clinton helped Obama raised millions with her donors so therefore Obama should have used his base and his donors to help her out as well. The Obama campaign raised $800,000 when Clinton helped him raised more than that. Its only fair for Obama and his campaign to help her retire her debt. She did was she was asked to do. Campaign for him, helped him raised money and help Obama with her donors.

I wish all the obama supporters would stop acting like Obama was never in debt.

In October he owed over 2 million dollars and had the Clintons not helped him raise money for his campaign he would have been in more debt and possibly lost the election.

So get your heads out of the sand and stop attacking Hillary.

Hillary Clinton has my support for the position of Secretary of State. However, I do not think that it is anyones responsibility to bail her out on this one. She spent the money; she made the decision to do so; she must live with the consequences.

18 million people stood behind her a dollar a pop. do the math. or wasn`t hillary worth that buck? and ya im going to loan myself money. but i want other people to pay off my loan…and "c in stl" as soon as you find someone let me know. i`m over here scratching my head with a dumb founded look on my face….lol

Senator Ted Stevens is not a R- Arkansas. He is rather R-Alaska. Please make the correction.

Bill can give her half his pay from his speeches for the next 2 years and it will pay it off.

I have to pay my debts and she should pay hers or wait for the bill collectors to call………..

First of all, with MI and FL counted, Clinton was LEADING and there was no reason for her to leave the race.

Second, her campaign advisor Patti Solis Doyle made a big mess of things and didn't inform Clinton that she'd spent down the cash until it was too late, forcing Clinton to loan herself the money. It was a major back stab. Clinton fired Solis Doyle who was later HIRED BY OBAMA. Sabotage much?

Third, Clinton already said she is not seeking to have her personal loan payed back! So stop complaining about that.

Fourth, Hillary Clinton made 80 campaign stops and managed to convince her very reluctant supporters to back Obama and he won. He would not be President without her. People who gripe about it are the same people who would have griped had she not helped him. NEWSFLASH: They are in the SAME PARTY, she is no longer his rival so people need to quit with the bashing and have some respect. Obama and the DNC raised nearly a billion dollars. Clinton raised countless millions for Obama, other races and the DNC after the primaries! This party's obligation – yes, I said it OBLIGATION to help Clinton pay off her 7 million dollar debt should be a no-brainer.

It is nice to work for Obama, he has a lot of money left over from the campaign, and believes in spreading the wealth.

Why doesn't HRC just ask her husband for the money? Hell, he raised over $500 million for a foundation of his that used most of the money for his Presidential Library. He ought to be able to ask some of his "buddies" to give the money to pay off her debt. Personally, I think she should have to pay back every penny! and as to the $12 million she used of her own money….BYE BYE $12 million!

It's her debt, why should we be concerned. Once again and I hope this is the last time I have to say it, if she had left the campaign sooner, she wouldn't have had the DEBT. She can borrow the money from her rich hubby. Leave the rest of us alone.

End of this story, I hope.

Naming her Secretary of State more than pays off her debt.

How?

a.) it enhances Bill's opportunity for speaking $200K per pop speaking fees

b.) it enhances Hillary's opportunity to write a book / memoirs and recoup the money she lent her campaign

c.) as a loyal member of an Obama administration, Obama supporters will be more willing to donate to the cause.

Now since some of that money is "owed" to Hilary strategist, Mark Penn, who trashed Obama … I say he get's pennies-on-the-dollar.

Okay, negative hotheads– Clinton hasn't been asking people to pay off her debt, so lighten up.
I'll just about guarantee you, the ONLY campaign that didn't end with a possible debt was Obama's. And I'm still wondering just exactly how he pulled that off. And before you go ballistic, yes, I voted for Obama. But I still wonder how he raised so much money.
But just get off your high horse about Clinton. And by the way, Scott in NYC, she DID have a chance of winning, so ease up bubba.

A series of fundraisers and the debt will be handled.

Especially if Hillary gets a cabinet post!!!

Desperate women, what else can we say.
Anyway if the Clintons are not into anymore backstabbing…Obama may help her pay off some or all of the debt.
He's a wise man and he will do something about it

It's difficult to feel sympathy for this. It was a risk she took, and it seems that she could afford it.

Why is it so hard to get ya'll to print my comments. It seems others fly right thru?? Que Paso?

Well…. I gave her what I could. And I really think she has what it takes to be a good Prez, Sec of State, or Sen. But! She could not have picked a bigger bunch of losers to run her campaign, and she certainly suffered from thinking it was a coronation, not a contest. That said,…..

GOOOO HILL!!!

Hillary is going to have eat that $7.6 million she loaned herself when people stopped contributing to her campaign. Even though it was perfectly clear that Barack was ahead, Clinton stubbornly refused to drop out, even when she no longer had any support. Clinton told her supporters to vote for McCain, she practically destroyed the Democratic Party, and she and her followers were sore loosers and a horrific nusance. So, I say, pay your own bills Hillary, you got what you deserve.

Clinton would be a good pick as Secretary of the Treasury. She clearly has experience spending more than she has.

I totally agree with Scott NYC Independent – where are all of those that encouraged her to keep on running even when it was obvious what the outcome was going to be. They threatened to, and in some cases did, go over to McCain. Dig deep PUMAS – help your lady out.

The money owed to others should be paid back first. The money she owes herself, she should eat. It was her campaign, she knew the situation and, if she's going to loan her own campaign money, she should be ready to eat the loss.

Who cares?

I want to know: is the $7.6 million she still owes owed to herself??

Politicians at all levels throw personal dollars into their campaigns. If Hillary wants it back, she should fundraise from her supporters.

The on slaught of hillary hate comes once again. She is not saying anything about her debt she has said she is not looking to pay off herself. She probably owes it to the big jerk who she is probably not gonna pay.

If she wasn't so stubborn and quit sooner, she wouldn't have dug her hole so deep!

Apparently, she owes herself the remainder of the debt. Perhaps she'll forgive it. If only I had twelve million dollars to loan myself….

if congress is going to bail out GM while it still continues to make mega-trucks and SUVs (and blatantly advertises the fact on national television) then they can sure as hell help Hillary Clinton! i love my Yaris!

How much money did Hillary raise to help Obama win?

I believe it was a quite larger amount, so people should stop hating on Hillary.

How much money did Hillary raise to help Obama win?

Why doesn't Bill get up some donations? He's dug up a lot and besides do these people think we don't think they have money to burn?

All the McCain supporters stop hating.

She's in debt because she could not accept the fact that she was loosing the primary. Had she conceded earlier in the primary and NOT run the long Dem primary against Barack, she would not be in such bad shape.

I am equally pissed, because I gave money to her campaign in January, by the following month everyone knew who was going to win the Democratic primary.

Who gives a crap. The USA is going to hell in a hand basket.

How about al the PUMAS chipping in?

I really don't mean to sound ignorant but would someone please please tell me why this has anything to do with Obama or why it is anyone's responsibility besides HRC? I am not a Hillary hater or anything like that but I cannot for the life of me understand why her ongoing debt issues are of anyone else's concern or responsibility. If anyone can help me understand this I would be greatly appreciative. If not, then I'll know that I'm not crazy….

I don't know what possessed Hillary Clinton to keep burning through money when it was clear that she was not going to win the nomination. The debt is her responsibility, since it is the result of a huge ego problem.

DON'T WORRY AFTER OBAMA GETS INTO OFFICE THE DEBT WILL SOMEHOW GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!

Now before all you PUMAs start complaining that Obama's campaign has lots of money and he should pay her debt … he can't … its not legal to take his campaign money and use it on Hillary's debt. The best he can do is hold fund raisers and encourage his supporters to make donations to her.

She wouldn't drop out when a lot of people were telling her to. If she chose to use her own money, so be it. She can write another book or Bill can help her pay it off with his money he makes giving speaches.
All poiticians should take dept into consideration when running for office.

Obama should pay off this debt considering how many former Clinton appointees he's now hiring. He owes Bill and Hillary big time. By the way, nice how CNN closed off the new AG annoucement so quickly. Guess you guys knew you'd be getting som anti-Obama comments so you quickly suppressed it.

She has to take responsibility for that herself. Gambling everything on cheating the official party rules for MI and FL turned-out to not be wise decision. She should have just conceded when it became abundantly clear that Obama was going to win.

Pay your own bills, Hillary.

I would welcome using left over money of President-elect Obama's campaign to pay down Hillary Clinton's debt. She and her husband have campaigned of Obama's behalf and therefore helped him.

Though I respect Mrs. Clinton, her campaign was a disaster. We can tell a lot about a candidate by the way they manage a campaign. In the case of Mrs. Clinton, she did a terrible job.

———-ASK WASHINGTON FOR HELP——————

So why did she keep her campaign going again? Oh, (OPM) because she was spending other peoples money!

According to Newsweek, Hillary and her top staff people refused to stay in roadside motels and insisted on staying in the Presidential sutie of luxury hotels.

They wasted their money and they'll have to deal with it.

heyyyy, add her, nobama, she has to be part of the clinton redux too. haha, over 65 million wasted votes on nov4. mccain wanted to reform the ailing govt., nobamas taking it into a different and dangerous direction.

Shouldn't this be Clintons job to do this? She refused to drop out of the race after all!

She's holding out accepting the SOS position until Obama cut's her a check to pay off her debt.

Why doesn't anyone use the verb "to lend" anymore? When I was growing up, "loan" was a noun and "lend" was a verb.

Example: "I will lend you ten dollars, but don't blow that loan at the racetrack."

Now folks use "loan" as verb and noun, as in,
"Loan me a loan of ten dollars."

I don't get it.

How do you owe yourself money? If she was stupid to spend her own money, why she should she get any of it back?

SO? Not our problem and I could care less.

SHE HAS the money to pay her debts and have PLENTY leftover

How many of US can say that right now??

Clinton has some positives but control of a budget obviously isn't one of them. She mismanaged her campaign really bad; she continued to run even when she had almost no chance of winning. Now where are all those women that kept telling her to run – why haven't they contributed to her campaign debt when she was suppose to be running on their behalf?

Give me a break, the Clintons could easily pay that off themselves, they brought in over 100 million dollars personally.

Well…. I gave her what I could. And I really think she has what it takes to be a good Prez, Sec of State, or Sen. But! She could not have picked a bigger bunch of losers to run her campaign, and she certainly suffered from thinking it was a coronation, not a contest. That said,…..

GOOOO HILL!!!

love Hillary. No matter what she is great. People should not look down on her bc of money, because it is not money which should determine who is good leader.
Good leader is not necessarily good money taker. Good leader is good leader, and I do believe she would be good leader, or at least secretary of state.
Leave money matters to minister of finances. Leading to leader…

How can Clinton remain in debt when her and bill have a net worth way over 100 million?