[lbo-talk] Dean: Yesterday's Real Stinker

[Curtiss Leung]

An article in the Wash. Post back on 10/20 noted that Dean
had not only more $$$ than the other Dems, but also had the
greatest % (54%) raised from *small* (under $200) contributions.  I 
didn't do the math, but I think it might be the largest amount
in absolute terms as well.  If he can get the money from small
contributors and qualifying for matching funds stands in the
way--well, why not?

I'm not crazy about the guy, but his campaign funds really haven't
come from big contributions--so far.

Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentI
d=A50652-2003Oct19&notFound=true

Same info in a convinient tabular form (followed by some unusually
opaque prose)
http://www.panix.com/~hncl/HectorsJournal/archives/000293.html

Curtiss


> If Dean is raising almost all his money through small contributions, 
> what is so sacred about the public finance system, whose only virture 
> is supposed to be keeping big money out of the process?  Our campaign 
> finance system is a joke, so why is endorsing it making any
progressive statement.