News today that Hillary Clinton is considering a three-month delay in announcing her presidential bid is drawing sneers that it’s all about money for the politically wealthy first family of Democratic politics.
Politico’s Mike Allen had the scoop and the anti-Clinton group America Rising was quick to note that the delay would give the former secretary of State 12 more weeks to rake in millions in speech fees.
“It’s no surprise that Hillary Clinton’s pursuit of a clear rationale to run for president would lead to a delay and confusion about her campaign launch,” said the group.
“In the meantime, we expect more paid speaking gigs as she ‘struggles’ to pay for ‘mortgages’ and suffers from being ‘dead broke,’ ” they said in poking fun at her recent comments suggesting that the Clintons are simple middle-class folks.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
