The things one can learn from looking at political campaign
It is very hard to predict from how one run a political campaign the way they will be once in office. Even if most of the things being said and promised on the campaign trail are sincere, and usually they are not, the realities of the limited abilities and political constraints forces compromises and changes from the promises given. In many respects the campaign and the actual behavior in office are two distinct entities and the most one can hope is that they following the same guiding principals.
But there are some useful things one can learn about a candidate: an assessment of the candidates agenda, their management skills in how they are running their campaign and the advisors they are choosing, some of their moral callings - the things they choose to do or to avoid doing advancing their chances to be elected and so on. One of the things I love looking at is how the candidates manage their campaign budget. While a candidate can use theoretical terms when promising to do winders with the country’s budget the campaign budget is pretty simple test case for their abilities. On the one hand it is much simpler than the complex budget, and needs, of the country and on the other hand its reflect the general approach, experience and abilities of the candidates and their staff to balance a budget with high pressure to increase spending. While managing the campaign budget efficiently doesn’t ensure the same results on the national level, mismanaging it is an indicator for inability to manage larger, more complex budgets.
So how should one trust Senator Clinton with the country’s economy when her campaign budget is managed so poorly?
Tags: 2008 Elections, Budget, ClintonSenator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign is continuing to struggle to stay ahead of its bills, finishing March with just $9.3 million in the bank for the primary, coupled with $10.3 million in debt, according to a report filed last night with the Federal Election Commission.
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Mrs. Clinton had ended February with $8.7 million in debt. She collected about $20 million in March but spent about $22 million, adding to her pile of unpaid invoices.
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