Paul Beirne

Hillary Clinton held a conference call with top supporters and donors this morning to raise more money but also to reassure her most influential backers that they had sufficient resources to compete with Barack Obama in Texas and Ohio and March 4.

"It was a cheerleading call," said Paul Beirne, a prominent New York investment banker and one of Clinton's so-called Hillraisers.

According to Beirne, Clinton's message was upbeat.  read more »