6,225 $4,600 Donors and Counting: Hillary the Magic Cash Cow?

http://www.opensecrets.org ^ | Oct 2007 | www.opensecrets.org

[Maelstorm]

Does something look funny about this graph or is it just me. The only time I've seen such spikes in data like this is when there was fraud involved or some kind of outlier situation.(Maybe it is Bill) Is Hillary really that good at raising money? I think someone should look closer at those $6,225 donors. It looks like someone is running a scam.

[Darkwolf377]

Copy editor!

Should be "Hillary the Magic Cow".

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

Arab and Chi-com dollars “oiling” the Clinton machine would be my guess.

[Darkwolf377]

Are you sure that’s not a chart of the candidates’ cholesterol levels?

[the invisib1e hand]

[the invisib1e hand]

it’s a graphic to a limerick about bill clinton, I’d say.

[freekitty]

Fraud is the Clinton’s first, middle and last name.

[Darkwolf377]

You mean their purchases of Astro-Turf? ;)

[JohnLongIsland]

didn’t anyone read the small fine print at the bottom of the graph that says currency stated in yuan not dollars?

[Recovering_Democrat]

Norman Hsu does good work, finding laborers and gardeners and waitresses who just happen to have the maximum stashed away for Hitlery’s campaign.

[xtinct]

Think the HSU method of fundraising... or the McAllen Tx method ... bundling, bundling, bundling...

What better way to hide the identity of the REAL donors ?

[D-fendr]

All kidding aside, this guy has a point. Very unusual data point.

Well worth a look-see.

[sure_fine]

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Could be a saturation effect. The histogram has a right hand spike because the data are artificially constrained, like by campaign finance laws. Laws don’t generally stop Clintons, but in this case, sounds like it might stop them from reporting bigger contributions.

[MarkT]

6,300,000 are Chinese dishwashers.

[Fresh Wind]

I think the term you want is “outliar”.

[Sacajaweau]

Raising money has always been her strong point. It’s the grand totals that will count this time. Once Obama is “offed”, she will get his kitty. So, there is no detriment to him raising cash...It helps her. Add his total to hers and voila. He’s really spending very little. And with all these “cancelled” debates...It’s more money left over at the end of the day....for Hillary.

[DPMD]

Is Hillary a magic cash cow?

Almost, but I’m not sure about the “magic cash” part of it.

[Maelstorm]

You have that right. ;-)

[Maelstorm]

They certainly have a successful technique for raising money.
What I’d like to do is take the list of big donor names and do research on their incomes, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised to find some second hand donors.