Letters to the Editor
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Loan?
Actually I think the $5 million loan is immaterial in all of this. Unless she doesn't have the money to cover her home heating bill this month, she doesn't have to pay off any of the loan till after the election, if even then. I don't think this is like an actual loan from a bank, with an APR and scheduled payments or anything. I mean, what is the difference between her 'loaning' her campaign tons of dough and Romney just spending tons of dough on his campaign? She might want to get it back, but I doubt she'll be in any rush. I could be wrong, of course; there might be some very clear campaign finance laws about personal spending on campaigns, but it'd be the first I've heard of them.
So apart from its possible use as a PR stunt to drum up sympathy, the loan doesn't really factor into what amount of pity money she's gotten since Tuesday.