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on November 9, 2024
As is nearly by no means seen, the votes within the states at the top of the primary calendar turned vitally necessary. Only one month later, she withdrew from the race after her opponent, Barack Obama, snagged the requisite delegate votes to clinch the nomination. The 2008 campaign grew to become essentially the most expensive one in history. Obama's campaign countered with insinuations Clinton's expertise in foreign affairs amounted to not more than the same old first lady duties of good will tours; that she held the standard position of supportive, however excluded, figurehead during her husband's tenure as president. Clinton's husband, former president Bill Clinton, pitched in to help his spouse's fundraising efforts. For the centerpiece of her environmental platform, Clinton selected the worldwide Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007. This proposed bill called for the reduction of U.S. Also that month, Clinton returned at least $850,000 in marketing campaign contributions to 260 donors. That month, the senator faced criticism for holding a fundraiser in Washington, where she was accused of utilizing her position as a senator to carry different lawmakers to a luncheon hosted by a lobbying regulation agency. Clinton spent most of 2007 garnering donations from donors who gave the utmost $2,300 allowed by law and who fundraised for the senator.
Clinton recounted she and her daughter "ran with our heads down" across the tarmac to security. Clinton responded by citing a 1996 visit to Bosnia as first lady, where a reception ceremony on the tarmac was cancelled resulting from snipers in the realm. Like her fellow candidates, Clinton endured her fair share of controversy through the 2008 primary race. The Democratic main race had been narrowed right down to her and Obama after Sen. The race continued, with Clinton and Obama generally neck-to-neck. The cash had been bundled by Clinton fundraiser Norman Hsu, who was arrested in September 2007 for evading authorities after being convicted on investment fraud charges. September 2007 was a rough month for Clinton's fundraising technique. Her massive-cash contribution strategy labored for her campaign; in 2007, Clinton raised $115.7 million (her purpose for tp.st the year was $seventy five million). During 2008, Clinton's fundraising strategy of focusing on large donors stalled.
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