According to ABC News, Howard Dean is on-track to come close to the quarter-million mark in fundraising so far, and has already beat Clinton’s fundraising record.
Dean, raising millions on the Internet, will probably take in \$13 million to \$16 million this quarter, a campaign insider said. That would lift him to at least \$23.5 million for the race so far and probably make him the Democratic money leader for the year.
Democratic strategists say Dean could raise at least double what his party’s other top hopefuls will collect during the three-month fund-raising period. The former Vermont governor has already passed the Democratic record set by President Clinton, who took in \$10.3 million over three months in 1995 for his re-election.
While it wasn’t explicitly mentioned in the article, I thought the attached photo was interesting — a shot of Dean receiving a framed picture of Martin Luther King, Jr. from labor leader Dennis Rivera.
Rivera, head of one of New York’s most politically powerful labor unions, Local 1199 of Service Employees International, put his fund-raising muscle behind the former Vermont governor.
While I don’t know whether this was an official endorsement from Local 1199, or whether any other labor unions have officially backed Dean, there has been a fair number of mentions of support and good words from various labor unions concerning Dean. From what I understand, this could be a major, major boost to Dean’s campaign — and blow to Bush’s — if he can pick up endorsements from some of the country’s largest unions. While most of the media talk lately has been about Clark’s entry to the Democratic field, Dean’s momentum certainly hasn’t seemed to slip any. Good to see.
(via Mathew Gross)
I remember them saying Dean would NEVER bring in 15 million in the 3rd qtr, Well it looks like he just might make it.
“While I don’t know whether this was an official endorsement from Local 1199, or whether any other labor unions have officially backed Dean.”
No not really, most have in fact endorsed another Dem. (I forgot who) But they all stand strong behind Dean. They might endorse someone else but don’t really want to burn any bridges with someone that might get the nomination.
I haven’t yet given any money to anyone. I do more or less support Dean and I like what he’s doing. But my money stays in my pocket till someone gets the nomination and then I will support whoever that is.
I don’t know if this is the appropriate forum, but I would very much appreciate Mike’s and others comments on the already spreading “buzz” about a Dean/Clark or Clark/Dean ticket.
Also, I need instruction. As I am not computer savvy, as Mike can affirm, I can’t figure out how to add a comment to a discussion if no one has commented on that particular discussion before. How di I post an initial comment?
On the main page, click on either the time of the post, or either of the two links to the right (marked ‘c’ for ‘comments’ or ‘tb’ for ‘trackback’) — any of those will open this individual page with the comment form at the bottom.
I guess that’s a little more obtuse than I meant it to be. I could make the link to the individual page on the title of the post easily enough…maybe I’ll fix that when I get a free moment later on today.
As far as Dean/Clark…I’ll get back to that in a post of its own, I think. :)
Thanks, Mike. I see how it works.
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