Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161213:05:40:00
In the 2012 presidential election, barack obama spent a record-breaking amount, about 1.1 billion. mitt romney spent about a billion. we've got the final spending numbers in terms of the 2016 race. hillary clinton broke the record, raised and spent 1.2 billion. that's the combined campaign and its super pacs and supporters. we also now know that donald trump came in at almost exactly half that. in political science they tell you that money is power. in this case, it was a two to one spending. joining me is jen palmieri, clinton's communications director. i promise i'll let you go after this. >...