[conservative98]

So was Hillary’s debt all eventually paid off only from $2,500 donations?

It still hasn't been all paid off yet. What was paid is from $2500 or less per person. A person is limited by campaign finance law from simply donating millions to his/her own campaign -- that includes donating millions after the election to pay off campaign debt. Companies cannot donate.

Newt had raised millions for his think tanks like American Solutions so I have a feeling he’ll be able to pay this down in the same timeframe Hillary did.

He can raise millions, but it will still can only be for $2500 per person or less.

http://go.bloomberg.com/political-economy/2012-04-25/gingrich-super-pac-cash-enough-to-pay-his-debt-if-only-it-were-legal/

[conservative98]

The problem is not paying off the debt. The real problem is the contribution limit. If one guy could have given Newt $10 million directly to Newt, then they wouldn’t have this debt in the first place. Newt would have likely competed earlier in Forida and the rest would have been history.

[conservative98]

Thank you Juan McCain.

[JediJones]

However I read Hillary loaned millions to her campaign. What if someone loaned millions to their campaign and then folded up the campaign without ever paying themselves back? Wouldn’t that be a loophole to the personal contribution limit?

I actually thought that anyone could legally spend as much of their own money as they wanted on their campaign. I just Googled an old page (on DU, LOL) that suggested once a candidate spent a certain amount of their money, the contribution limit for their competitors would get raised.

What a mess of regulation...