Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y) communications director Howard Wolfson said Monday that the former first lady’s presidential campaign is raising “a considerable amount of money” and that its “cash flow is good.”
Wolfson reacted to reports stating that the campaign was experiencing a cash crunch during the home stretch of the primary season.
{mosads}“Our cash flow is good. Bills are being paid. We are continuing to raise a considerable amount of money. We had the best fundraising month in the campaign's history last month,” said Wolfson on MSNBC. “We are continuing to do well this month. The support that we’re receiving over the Internet especially is very, very strong.”
However, he noted that the Democratic front-runner, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), would again raise more money than Clinton in March and acknowledged that the former first lady is not yet on the air in Indiana and North Carolina, instead focusing on winning Pennsylvania.
“If we had the money, we'd be advertising everywhere in the country,” Wolfson said, adding, “I'm sure even the Obama campaign, as well-funded as it is, would love to have more. But we are going to have what we need for what we need to do.”
The Clinton spokesman also criticized Obama for not doing enough to give Michigan and Florida a voice in the presidential selection process.
“Sen. Obama, despite talking about the importance of voter participation on the stump, has done everything he can to really kill plans in both states that would have provided an opportunity for voters there to participate again,” Wolfson said.
The Clinton campaign is hoping that some way will be found for a re-vote in the two states, after their January primaries had essentially been voided. The former first lady, who had won both of the contests, believes that re-votes would give her an edge in total votes and close the gap with Obama in delegates.
Wolfson also chastised surrogates of the Illinois senator for saying Clinton could not win the nomination anymore and asking her to drop out.
“It’s clear that they know that Sen. Clinton can win,” Wolfson said. “They wouldn’t be attacking her so ferociously if they didn’t, and they wouldn’t be doing everything they could to forestall the process if they didn’t think there was a chance we could win.”