Post by Origanalist on Jul 8, 2014 20:12:35 GMT -8
Wall Street has fueled the Clinton juggernaut for years, which worries both the right and the left.
Hillary Clinton appears with financier Warren Buffett during her first presidential run. Wall Street interests have provided a substantial portion of her career fundraising totals, records show.
By David Catanese July 2, 2014 | 11:51 a.m. EDT
Hillary Clinton's claim of being "dead broke" offered up easy fodder to Republicans, who swiftly poked fun at a politician who appeared out of touch with regard to her own potential wealth.
Yet what's really keeping GOPers tossing and turning at night is the powerful political fundraising punch the Clinton brand brings to the table.
[READ: Hillary Clinton Has an Answer for Hobby Lobby, Not Income Inequality]
The Wall Street Journal did the math and found that Bill and Hillary Clinton helped raise more than $1 billion from U.S. companies over the last two decades, through political fundraising, paid speeches and their advocacy groups.
"Clinton Inc. is going to be the most formidable fundraising operation for the Democrats in the history of the country. Period. Exclamation point," said Rick Hohlt, a lobbyist and fundraiser for Republican Party presidential candidates. "It sure causes concern."
continued at...http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/run-2016/2014/07/02/the-billion-dollar-clinton-money-machine
Hillary Clinton appears with financier Warren Buffett during her first presidential run. Wall Street interests have provided a substantial portion of her career fundraising totals, records show.
By David Catanese July 2, 2014 | 11:51 a.m. EDT
Hillary Clinton's claim of being "dead broke" offered up easy fodder to Republicans, who swiftly poked fun at a politician who appeared out of touch with regard to her own potential wealth.
Yet what's really keeping GOPers tossing and turning at night is the powerful political fundraising punch the Clinton brand brings to the table.
[READ: Hillary Clinton Has an Answer for Hobby Lobby, Not Income Inequality]
The Wall Street Journal did the math and found that Bill and Hillary Clinton helped raise more than $1 billion from U.S. companies over the last two decades, through political fundraising, paid speeches and their advocacy groups.
"Clinton Inc. is going to be the most formidable fundraising operation for the Democrats in the history of the country. Period. Exclamation point," said Rick Hohlt, a lobbyist and fundraiser for Republican Party presidential candidates. "It sure causes concern."
continued at...http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/run-2016/2014/07/02/the-billion-dollar-clinton-money-machine