Nicholas Confessore and Rachel Shorey write in the New York Times that,
Which is to say, the mogul who claimed to be rich enough that he would not need to ask for campaign contributions from anyone, thus making him a truly unencumbered candidate, is a little short of what it takes to run a modern presidential campaign.
How short?
Well, Confessore and Shorey write that,
One might expect that Hillary Clinton would be bringing in the cash at a robust clip. She does, after all, have a line of credit at Goldman Sachs. So it is even more striking that, as The Hill reports,
So the socialist is better at raising money than the mogul. Far better, in fact. This is just one more anomaly in this strange election year when experts say that a can-do, get-er-done presidential campaign requires no less than $300 million and that a billion is more like it. And it appears, at this time, that Trump is exceedingly unlikely to raise that kind of money.
So maybe he’ll ask Bernie for a loan. He might also try Ted Cruz, who is sitting on $7 million. Time is short and every little bit helps.
