Clinton lends her campaign $5 million

WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton loaned her campaign $5 million late last month as Barack Obama outraised and outspent her in the Democratic presidential race.

"The loan illustrates Senator Clinton's commitment to this effort and to ensuring that our campaign has the resources it needs to compete and win across this nation," Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts at her Super Tuesday primary night rally in New York Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Obama, riding a wave of fundraising both from large donors and small Internet contributors, collected a stunning $32 million in January. Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said the Clinton campaign raised only $13.5 million for the month. The $5 million was in addition to that amount, Wolfson said.

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