As Barack Obama gives his campaign staff huge bonuses… Hillary’s Campaign still in the red by $21 million…

When you consider the fact that Hillary Clinton chose to put personal ambition aside and support Barack Obama’s quest for the presidency, Obama’s latest decision to give his campaign staff humongous bonuses while not lifting a finger to help Hillary retire her debt is just shameful. Then again, Obama has never been a person with whose name virtue is associated.

From the New York Daily News:

Barack Obama ended his campaign so flush with cash he’s telling staffers… they will be getting extra paychecks worth a month’s salary, the Daily News has learned.

“It was totally unexpected, and you can’t believe how helpful this is with the holidays coming,” the lower-level worker said. “A lot of people thought they were going to be broke and would have to try to find a job in this rotten economy. It’s a huge help.“

In addition to the cold cash, staffers also have the option of keeping their campaign-issued computers and BlackBerrys - but must pay income tax on the hardware if they do.

It’s an almost unprecedented move at the end of a presidential campaign, even a winning one, because usually they are flat broke, having taken public financing and gone through every last penny.

But Obama skipped public financing and raised more than $600 million, including more than $150 million in September, and nearly $40 million in the first couple of weeks of October.

If this silver parachute approaches his September payroll, it’ll be worth upward of $3 million. 

And while Obama splashes his staff with cash, Hillary Clinton is still in hock for about $21 million, including about $13 million she lent herself and will never get back.

Although she’s banking on Obama to help her pay down the remaining $8 million, he can’t use any leftover campaign cash. He’d have to tap his donors anew for her. 

It is a well known fact that Obama is still fundraising, in fact it seems his list (or part of it) has been given to the DNC to raise funds, so what stops him from tapping his list to help the one person two people Bill and Hillary person who campaigned tirelessly for him in key battleground states, and whose support undoubtedly helped ensure his victory?

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