Financial Woes for Hillary

The self-acclaimed "Steward of the Economy" has passed no such test. In fact, Hillary has demonstrated she lacks the ability to manage the micro-economy that is her own 2008 campaign. Politico's Kenneth Vogel has the details on the growing heap of Clinton IOUs.

Ever since the beginning of February, the Clinton campaign has acknowledge the dominant prowess of the Obama fund-raising machine. However, in a desperate attempt to compete financially, the Clinton camp has amassed an aggregate debt exceeding $8.7 million.

Two different Ohio production companies contracted by the Clinton camp "are warning others in the tight-knit event production community — and anyone else who will listen — to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices." The Clinton camp owes the two companies a combined total of $25,000.

Among the most ironic of the debts are the unpaid bills for health insurance. Despite making health care the focal point of her campaign, Sen. Clinton reported $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her campaign staff.

Spokesperson for the Clinton campaign, Jay Carson assured reporters that all Clinton staffers, their children, and spouses continue to receive coverage despite the unpaid bills. However, some of the unpaid health insurance bills (such as the $213,000 owed to Aetna Healthcare) are two months outstanding.