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Clinton Spending Vexes Donors

Supporters ask why consultants are paid so much for failing campaign

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(Newser) – The $25,000 Hillary Clinton's sputtering campaign dropped at Vegas' posh Bellagio last month is raising eyebrows among those cutting her the checks, reports the New York Times. Add $5 million for the very strategists who engineered her string of recent failures, and donors looking over her latest campaign finance report are having some serious doubts about Clinton's spending priorities.

“Fees and payments are in line with industry standards,” said campaign communications director Howard Wolfson, who earned nearly $267,000 in January. But Clinton's gamble that the race would be decided by Super Tuesday has left her cash poor, even as her poor showings further slow donations—leaving her in the red and with little cash for a possible long haul.

Bellagio's nightly water show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hillary Clinton's campaign spent about $25,000 on rooms at the Bellagio in January.
Bellagio's nightly water show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hillary Clinton's campaign spent about $25,000 on rooms at the Bellagio in January.   (KRT Photos)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., responds to a question during a Democratic presidential debate in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., responds to a question during a Democratic presidential debate in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)   (Associated Press)
Hillary Clinton supporters, from left, Frank Mayans, Keala Harris and Caroline Carr, celebrate after Clinton won the Nevada Democratic caucus precinct at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. Clinton's campaign spent about $25,000 on rooms at the Bellagio. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Hillary Clinton supporters, from left, Frank Mayans, Keala Harris and Caroline Carr, celebrate after Clinton won the Nevada Democratic caucus precinct at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Saturday,...   (Associated Press)
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