Wow. It looks like I owe the Dean campaign something of an apology. In my Dean/Clark post last Friday, I said this:
…his campaign’s current “5 million in 10 days” fundraising drive struck me as fairly ludicrous when I saw it (even with the fundraising skills they’ve demonstrated, that’s a lot of money in very little time, and if they don’t make their goal, then no matter how much money they do raise, it will be perceived as a “failure” because for the first time, Dean couldn’t meet or break a fundraising goal…they seem to be setting themselves up for bad press)…
While the bat graphic hasn’t been updated since sometime last night, it appears that they pulled it off. Joe Trippi posted a big thank you note last night, with the final count:
Our original goal for this quarter was \$7.6 million — to match what you accomplished last quarter. When we saw that we would surpass that goal we raised the bar to matching the record set by President Clinton. 10 days ago we had raised \$9.7 million and we set the goal of raising \$5 million dollars in just 10 days. You did that. Tonight we sit at \$14.8 million — \$5.1 million over 10 days.
That’s just incredible. Congratulations to the Dean campaign, and to everyone who chipped in to fill those bats. Good work.
Frankly, I had my doubts, too. But, I am very glad to see I was wrong.