Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won’t say if she’s running for the White House - but she’s already drafted a presidential-size army of campaign staffers that dwarfs John McCain’s outfit and those of everyone else in the field.

Clinton has assembled a Titanic-size troop of 37 staffers and a legion of pricey consultants on the rolls of her HillPAC political-action committee and her Friends of Hillary re-election campaign - operatives that come on top of the three dozen aides in her Senate office.

"I understand New York is a large state, but this is extraordinary. This operation is built for one thing and one thing only: She’s running for president," said a senior Dem operative.

Twenty Clinton campaign staffers are paid by both HillPAC and Friends of Hillary, including her Senate chief of staff, Tamera Luzzatto, according to federal records. Six more campaign staffers are paid exclusively by Friends of Hillary, and another three receive a paycheck just from HillPAC.

In all, Clinton doles out nearly $100,000 a month on staff payroll, and devotes even more to a dozen seasoned consultants who handle media strategy, speechwriting, market research, direct mail and fund-raising. The payoff has been a $17 million war chest - the biggest in the Senate.

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