There is no indication that the Clintons benefited from the transactions criticized in the report.

Interesting that it would even be mentioned then, no?

That's kind of like the entire article. You read it and say "So what?" Or maybe, "If only he'd have made all that money with Tony Rezko it'd be OK."

""""We've come a long way from Harry Truman," said Leon E. Panetta, a Clinton administration official who now directs the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, referring to the "man from Missouri" who left the presidency to live a modest lifestyle in his home state. "In many ways, it is becoming the American story. A lot of people who have devoted their lives to public service, who lived hand-to-mouth during months of public service, are suddenly able, after public life, to find some rewards.""""

Hey Leon, cry me a river, OK? They "lived hand-to-mouth during months of public service"? Now they've "found some rewards?" """"In many ways, it is becoming the American story.""" This is one of the most telling and sad lines of the whole piece.

Public service shouldn't be about cashing in. It's an f-ing mess out here on Main Street and on Wall Street, and you're saying "Oh isn't it nice the Clintons can finally make $109 million?"

I read the Post article. In the print version, they had a nice graphic showing their total earnings. Of that $109, Hillary only earned about $10M, and he earned the rest. Didn't she say about the $5M she loaned her campaign that "It was my own money".

OK - so maybe it is her own money - but in that case, she loaned half her (personal) net worth to her campaign. (No wonder she's staying in - hoping to recoup that loan!)

A second thought. If she were single, a good bit of that $10M would have gone for taxes, living expenses etc., and she might not have had $5M to loan to her campaign.

Third thought - who had $5M ($5,000,000) sitting around in liquid assets to cash in and loan to their campaign?

4th though - Bill made $90+ M over the last 7 years, and Hillary made $10M (not a paltry sum, but still). I guess we know why she hasn't divorced him! (That was a little bit of a snark - BTW - and a low blow - perhaps I "misspoke")