Dean Sees Drop in Campaign Fund Raising

[rodbarnett]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Howard Dean's record campaign fund has dropped from $41 million to around $5 million, forcing him to cut costs as new front-runner John Kerry's fund-raising fortunes rise.


Contributions slowed dramatically in the hours after Dean replaced campaign manager Joe Trippi on Wednesday <snip>

Dean's belt-tightening came as Kerry raised more than $500,000 over the Internet in the two days since his New Hampshire victory Tuesday night.

<snip>

Kerry's best day online before his Iowa victory last week brought in just $50,000 to $60,000, spokesman Michael Meehan said. In all, he has raised more than $1.6 million over the Internet since the Jan. 19 caucuses.


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040130/D80D5L8O0.html

comment: looks like ZKerry is co-opting Dean's fund raising tactics now!

I fear the end is near for Dean.

[HFishbine]

1. Watch

and learn.

[jenk]

19. We've all learned a lesson from Howard Dean

on how NOT to run a campaign

[NashVegas]

2. Eh ...

Contributions slowed dramatically in the hours after Dean replaced campaign manager Joe Trippi on Wednesday

That's why the tally's gone up by 150k in the last 24 hours?

[janx]

6. The media are so out-of-control re Dean that they report

complete untruths now. ;-)

[Exgeneral]

21. No doubt that is true

I've seen it firsthand.

But completely ignoring Clark is really ticking me off.

Kerrys fantasy camp appears to have convened.

[Indiana Democrat]

3. IT'S THE MEDIA'S FAULT!!!

[PVnRT]

28. Yeah

The media has ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT on anything. Nope. None at all.

Were you saying the same thing when Dean was being shown as the front runner?

[JuniorPlankton]

4. I don't think Dean can patent fundraising over the internet

It's a shame about his early demise though.

[Skip Intro]

5. Dean's obit has been written several times before

He's in at least until super Tuesday in March. And my gut says we'll be at the convention.

As much as it might annoy some, Dean and his supporters aren't going to just hang it up and join the "Kerry is God" party.

:D

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. this shouldn't be a shock to anyone

If you don't win the first two states, the people who donate are going to want to see results before they pony up again. Especially with the way the Dean campaign has mismanaged their funds.

[markus]

9. Oh, look, a new Meme

Dean mismanaged our funds.

How did you get the memo before the cable network guys? You must have some connections.

He spent $15 million of it, not all of it in IA or NH. He also had several bad turns of events, including the entire media fabrication of the scream speech which completely torpedoed his changes in N.H., and destroyed any changes he had to recovering from whatever mistakes were made in Iowa.

So, yes, I blame our Great Patriotic Media

Whether he spent is wisely or foolishly will be played out in the next few weeks.

* Dukkakis' Lt. Gov. * More Liberal than TEK * Iraq War Weasal *

Yes, there's something about Kerry to piss off just about everybody, both general election voters and the other Democrats who's support he'll need to successfully re-enact 2000+Florida.

I can't wait for the ads about the babies being tossed out of their incubators in GWI, while Sen. John "Teddy" Kerry voted against the war.

Let the fun begin, but don't come whinning to us.

I can only hope that what I believed is true for Dean will be true for Kerry: that every attack will only further motivate the ABB, toss-him-out crowd sufficiently to overcome the energizing issues of gay marriage and family values on the far right.

[THUNDER HANDS]

16. it's such a cop-out to blame the media

Without the media, Dean wouldn't have raised half the money he did.

[Exgeneral]

22. It's not a cop out if it really happened

only if it didn't.

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[oasis]

33. "baby incubator story" bring it on. Poppy Bush lied to turn public opinion

in favor of the war.

[freetempe]

31. Proof???

Got any proof Dean mismanaged his funds? Did Kerry mismanage his funds when he had to take a second mortgage on his million dollar mansion?????

Just asking.

[RetroLounge]

8. Not much of a drop...

[liberalnurse]

10. All proactive Dean supporters knows this to be

more Kerry propaganda .....Has anyone been to Dean's web site lately? In three days, raised over a million .....Dah.....The Dean Train is strong and consistent.

www.deanforamerica.com

It's on the web page.

[jsw_81]

11. The "unsinkable" H.M.S. Dean slips beneath the waves!

[Atlant]

12. Save this picture. You may need it again on Nov 3rd. ...

...when the annointed DLC candidate follows.

Atlant

[jsw_81]

13. Nope

John Kerry knows a thing or two about ships. His vessel is going to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

17. John Kerry knows a thing or two about ships...indeed he does

I am more sorry that Dean's fund raising will continue along unabated and he will go all the way to the convention with many delegates and an agenda not guaranteed to bring success in Nov.

[PVnRT]

29. How is Kerry's agenda

"guarenteed" to bring success in November?

And, no, winning two primaries doesn't count.

[joshcryer]

14. heh, between Hindenburg and Titanic, I'd say Titanic is distasteful

...saw a Hindenburg 'joke' "Dean is going down in flames" picture posted before, very funny... such originality.

[John_H]

15. Does this mean that CMB's salary will be cut to 15k/mo?

[NashVegas]

18. I'm Only Topping This Because

I want people to see it for the piece of horseshit it is.

[Cheswick2.0]

23. looks like Dean is still raising more money than the front runner

These folks should really check out the Dean web site.

[Exgeneral]

25. That's true. This thread is blatant propaganda of the worst ilk

Rumors of Gen. Clarks fundung death are also exaggerated.

[mitchum]

24. Unfortunate

[LiberalTexan]

26. Why aren't they focusing on where the money went?

I heard on NPR yesterday that most of the money went to shoring up large grassroots organizations in the states like South Carolina, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, et al. Dean's campaign has been consistently spending money in those states WAY AHEAD of the other candidates and he started two months ago.

I believe that Dean is ahead of the curve on this one. Whereas other candidates were scrambling to put together forces in Missouri after Gephardt dropped, for example, Dean already had a campaign in place there.

I still see Dean's campaign as revolutionzing "Washington politics".

[robcon]

30. The campaign in those states show no results.

The spending outside IA and NH has had little or no effect for Dean. He is unlikely to win even one state next Tuesday.

[freetempe]

27. Another media hit-piece

All while the Kerry supporters pile on. Nothing to see here, move along.

[stickdog]

32. Dean has outraised Kerry since Kerry won both Iowa & NH!

Why isn't that the headline of the article?

[Clark Can WIN]

34. Everyone will co-opt Dean's fund raising tactics from here on

It was a successful model, it was also inevitable that someday a candidate would realize the value of the web.


It would be a shame for Dean supporters to abandon him now but I can understand how it must be frustrating to feel like your previous contributions were for all intensive purposes set on fire.

[NashVegas]

35. Well .. They Can Try

And some will be more successful than others.

I believe the top reason Dean has been so successful with it has as much to do with his general campaigning style as the mechanism itself, however.